We'll have to find a pretext for not going to the party.

我们不去参加聚会得找个借口才是。

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Antagonists, however, always will find a pretext for fighting.

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The danger here is that people whose real objection is to Mr Brown will find a high-minded quasi-constitutional pretext to object to his growing power.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot