This was the week in which France was tottering on the brink of ruin.

这个星期，法国踉跄于毁灭的边缘。

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Both AC Milan and Inter Milan were linked with Gallas when he appeared on the brink of quitting after losing the captaincy almost a year ago, while he has in the past hinted at a return to France.

一年前加拉失去队长袖标想要离开的时候AC米兰和国际米兰都与他联系在了一起，但是他以前暗示的是想要回到法国去。

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This lessor of container ships was trading at just 0.22 times its book value in early 2010 amid fears that its top customer, France's CMA CGM, was on the brink of bankruptcy.

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McKinnon was on the brink of extradition in August 2008, when the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, refused to reconsider the decision to send him to the United States, effectively clearing the way for his transfer.

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