What is the common excuse?

最常见的借口是什么？

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What is the most common excuse for our delays?

我们最常见的拖延借口是什么呢？

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The common excuse is to maintain relationship.

一般上的理由是为了保持关系。

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Yet both are citing the all too common excuse of nagging injuries to get out of All Star Game duty Tuesday night.

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"Although many common people excuse you by saying that you are unaware of the truth of what is happening, I do not share that view, " he said.

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The use of unrest as an excuse to intervene in elections is common throughout the region: Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, for instance, is quick to shut down polling stations in Islamist strongholds.

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