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| English | Russian |
| excuse oneself from doing smth. on the ground of being busy | освободиться от чего-л., от какого-л. дела, объяснив это занятостью (on the ground of being tired, on the plea of having been ill, etc., и т.д.) |
| on the basis of flimsy excuses and pretexts | по самым надуманным причинам и поводам |
| on the basis of valid excuses | по уважительным причинам (Lavrov) |
| on the excuse of | под предлогом |