I want to excuse myself from the work.

我想请求不做那项工作。

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I excuse myself and go to the bathroom.

抱歉！我要上洗手间。

youdao

I'm not going to try and justify or excuse myself.

我不想为我自己辩护或辩解。

youdao

But I am a novelist, not a critic, and I can excuse myself from explication de texte on that ground.

但我是个小说家，不是批评家，对于我以此为根据而说明,我可以为自己找借口。

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"It's not an excuse but I played on Astroturf myself and hated every minute of it, " he commented.

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