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отговорка n stresses
gen.	excuse; pretext; blind; subterfuge; cover; evasion; pretence; cop-out; put-off; sob-story; a slim excuse; jive excuse; make-believe reply; go-around (markovka); getaway (grafleonov); come off; shuffle; sob story; implausible excuse (bigmaxus); stalking-horse; runaround; leaves on the line (ad_notam); put off; salvo; come-off (для неисполнения чего-либо); creep hole; plea; pleading; pretension; snatch; starting hole
Gruzovik	pretex (to frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely)
Игорь Миг	prevarication
amer.	pretense
brit.	the wrong type of snow (ad_notam)
cliche.	song and dance (igisheva)
dipl.	get-away (особ. заранее продуманная); make reply; diplomatic illness (букв. – "дипломатическая болезнь" Alex_Odeychuk)
fig.	loop holers
inf.	alibi; come-off; crutch ("How long am I gonna use that crutch?" – Сколько я ещё буду пользоваться этим оправданием? kiberline)
obs.	feignedness
slang	fluff
uncom.	salvo (an excuse)
отговорки n
gen.	runaround; excuses (pl Andrey Truhachev); ifs and buts (букв. "если и но" во множественном числе: I want no ifs or buts – just get on and tidy your room now. capricolya); put off
Игорь Миг	subterfuge
amer., polit.	fighting the problem
arabic	tawriya (Alex_Odeychuk)
Makarov., inf.	the runaround
slang	run-around

отговорка: 158 phrases in 12 subjects

American usage, not spelling	1
Diplomacy	4
Economy	1
Figurative	1
General	84
Idiomatic	1
Informal	37
Makarov	20
Proverb	3
Rhetoric	4
Saying	1
Slang	1