放债人说如果商人把女儿嫁给他，他便将商人所欠的债务一笔勾销。

He said he would forgo the merchant's debt if he could marry the daughter.

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其次是保护德国银行，众多的德国银行持有希腊债券，这使得他们不愿接受任何债务一笔勾销。

The second is to protect German Banks, many of which hold Greek bonds, which makes them reluctant to accept any debt write-down.

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当然我们可以把那笔债务一笔勾销，然后让美联储关门大吉，不过华盛顿极少有人对此感兴趣。

Of course we could repudiate that debt and shut down the Federal Reserve, but very few in Washington D.C. have any interest in doing that.

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