They could say, "Oh, disease," but these reasons tend not to be sincere.

他们可以说”会传染疾病“,但这些理由只是托辞。

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He couldn't avoid that in this phase of making of his thought of that movie called Chimes at Midnight, that he couldn't go on with the excuse that his make-up kit was lost.

他不能在,为电影《午夜钟声》,练习台词时继续用,化妆箱不见了的托辞。

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