Those excuses not bringing the phone and having a dead phone are not accepted.

任何借口，例如没有带电话、电话没电之类的原因，皆不被接纳。

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Those excuses, not bringing the phone and having a dead phone, are not accepted.

任何借口，例如没有带电话、电话没电之类的原因，皆不被接纳。

youdao

On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.

还有一次我接了电话，但紧接着就断线了。

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