The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

暴君总有他暴行的借口。

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We'll have to find a pretext for not going to the party.

我们不去参加聚会得找个借口才是。

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When in high school, to tell the truth, I liked blackout, for I could find a pretext for me to stop study.

当我在中学的时候，实话实说，我喜欢停电，因为我可以为自己不学习借口。

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The West, insists Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, is exaggerating the humanitarian crisis to find a pretext for invasion.

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Antagonists, however, always will find a pretext for fighting.

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The Administration would like nothing better than to find a pretext for deferring a decision on deploying missile defenses -- if it could do so without exposing Al Gore to undue political risk.

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