These students do not want to get in trouble or seem irresponsible, so they make up an excuse—a lie—to save face.

这些学生不想惹麻烦或显得不负责任，所以他们编造了一个借口——一个谎言——来挽回面子。

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If you're on a bad date, make up some excuse and get the heck out of there.

如果你的约会很糟糕，那就编造一些理由闪人吧。

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Excuse me. I'd like to make a long suit of this material.

对不起，我想用这块面料定做一套长套装。

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You never had to make a similar excuse to any girl you might be dating.

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Still, it will give the government a good excuse to make Tenaga Nasional more efficient.

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I'm not a guy that's going to make any excuses, and today's certainly not a day I'm going to make an excuse.

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