The statement is prepared on the financial picture at the end of the month, and their check was a few days late so it missed the cut off point.

我们的财务报表都是在月底做的，而他们的支票因此晚了几天进账，错过了结算日。

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If no "Plan B" can be found by Monday, the ECB may cut off funding to the island's banks, it said in a statement, triggering their collapse and possibly the country's exit from the euro.

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Remember, every surgeon has to make a first cut, every lawyer a first opening statement to a jury, every pilot a first take off and landing.

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