This was a rare opportunity for Britain's beleaguered secret state to justify itself, and tell its side of the story.

对这个饱受批评的英国秘密机构而言，此乃验明正身﹑声张己见的难得良机。

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More than anything, Nationalism counts on a common tongue in order to justify itself.

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In Britain, the government need not justify itself at all.

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The prospect of hearing the Argentinian's comments on the lecture by the German with whom I had corresponded, but whom I did not know personally, was enough in itself to justify the price of the air fare to Buenos Aires (paid for on credit).

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