I do not buy the "I don't have the time" excuse.

“我没有时间”之类的借口我不买账。

youdao

I do not use travel as an excuse for anything.

我不会用出差作为任何事情的借口。

youdao

I get the idea that you do not like your star much, so the recession offers you an excuse to do what you might have wished to do all along.

你给我的印象是，你不太喜欢你那位明星职员，因此经济衰退为你提供了一个借口，去做你可能一直就希望做的事情。

youdao

R. is a big piece of what we do, but he wasn't here ... so I'm not using that as an excuse.

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