When I visited home, I felt jittery hiding my guilty romance from my father and mother and often invented excuses so I could rush back to school before the weekend was over.

当我回到家里在父亲和母亲面前，隐瞒了常常使我感到内疚的浪漫，我会感到紧张不安；并找寻种种借口，使我可以在周末之前赶回学校。

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On the days that he did go to school, he looked for excuses to come home early.

在他的确去上学的日子里，他就找借口早点回家。

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All the way to school, I tried to come up with excuses for him to drop me off somewhere else, but I couldn't keep my thoughts in order.

每次去学校，我都找借口希望父亲能随便把我放在某个地方，但是想法都无法实现。

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This year though, just like the excuses I used to give for failing to do my homework at school, I simply haven't had time to do enough practice runs.

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