Eg. You don't need to cook up an excuse, I understand.

你不必编造什么借口了，我明白。

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Whether the absentees are scared or lazy or both is unclear - maybe they just saw a better weather forecast for this week than I saw - but what is clear is that American golfers don't need much of an excuse not to leave America.

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