At a later date the Amazons came to lay attack on Athens on the excuse of recovering their queen.

后来，亚马孙族人借口要夺回王后派兵攻打雅典。

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He couldn't avoid that in this phase of the making of his thought of that movie, that he couldn't go on with the excuse that his make-up kit was lost.

他无法避免在这个阶段发表他对电影的看法，他不能再以他的化妆箱丢了为借口。

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Perhaps we think "I took on too much" is not much of an excuse if and when we drop the ball (after all, it was our choice to say yes or no).

也许我们认为，如果或当我们犯错误的时候，“我承担过多”并不是一个好借口(毕竟，是我们选择说“是”或“不”)。

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Allowing it to drag on, as other parts of the process already have, would just provide another excuse to push back the poll date.

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He was killed on April 1st,1865,at the Battle of Five Oaks excuse me, at Five Forks, just west of Richmond, the last major engagement of the Civil War.

他最终死于1865年4月1日的五橡树战役,不好意思,是五岔口战役,就在里士满的西面,内战最后一场主要的会战

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He couldn't avoid that in this phase of making of his thought of that movie called Chimes at Midnight, that he couldn't go on with the excuse that his make-up kit was lost.

他不能在,为电影《午夜钟声》,练习台词时继续用,化妆箱不见了的托辞。

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Footnote No. 5: Mr. Obama keeps dining out on the excuse of the recession, but that ended halfway through his first year.

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"The invocation of the adverse effect of Plan B on 11-year-olds is an excuse to deprive the overwhelming majority of women of their right to obtain contraceptives without unjustified and burdensome restrictions, " he wrote.

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The winners will see their figurehead crowned queen on the last night, ringing in one of the biggest celebrations of the year on an island that rarely needs an excuse for a party.

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