excuses in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for excuses in the English»Serbian Dictionary

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I.ex·cuse VB trans [ɪk'skjuːz, ek-]

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II.ex·cuse N [ɪk'skjuːs, ek-]

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mealy-mouthed excuses
otrcan
improbable excuse, story
neverovatan
improbable excuse, story
neočekivan
improbable excuse, story
malo verovatan
timeworn excuse
otrcan
feeble joke, excuse
loš
to invent an excuse
izmisliti izgovor
shabby excuse
proziran
his excuse sounded a bit contrived
opravdanja su mu zvučala malo izveštačeno
unacceptable behaviour, excuse, offer
neprihvatljiv
to think upup an excuse
smisliti opravdanje

excuses Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

how's that for an excuse!
kakav izgovor!
to seize on an excuse
uvažiti opravdanje
I cannot excuse his behaviour
ne mogu da opravdam njegovo ponašanje
please make my excuses at Thursday's meeting
izvinjavam se što neću doći na sastanak u četvrtak
there is no excuse for their behaviour
nema opravdanja za njihovo ponašanje
to think upup an excuse
smisliti opravdanje
you're not going to put off me off with excuses
nećeš moći da me prevariš svojim izgovorima
their French is still quite poor excuse
bedan
his excuse sounded a bit contrived
opravdanja su mu zvučala malo izveštačeno
I've had enough of your excuses!
dosta mi je tvojih izgovora

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He seemingly never cares about their troubles and works, and always finds excuses to procrastinate their expedition.
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He is inarguably a criminal, and makes no excuses for it.
business.financialpost.com
From there, the said individuals use visual aids, alibis, emotional and offbeat excuses to get out of their traffic tickets.
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They've received a myriad of excuses, including being overqualified and overeducated, from prospective employers about why they're not being hired.
www.mississauga.com
The text alternates between boasts of the club's achievements, elaborate excuses for its supposed shortcomings, and contemptuous dismissals of members' complaints.
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Workshy schoolchildren no longer rely on traditional excuses such as "the dog ate my homework", prefering more modern variations including "my computer crashed", according to a survey.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The plot exists almost entirely to give excuses for staging cosplay-like battles.
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However, there are no excuses for trying an overused and tawdry storyline.
en.wikipedia.org
Elections are nothing but a tribal headcount of careerist politicians who will offer the same excuses again and again for failing to deliver.
www.independent.ie
Unfortunately, confusion and miscommunication are not valid excuses when you're staring down a tax audit.
www.trucknews.com

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