lý do in English:

Excuse me?

It's very unlikely that the teacher will believe Tom's excuse for not having his homework done on time.

I don't think there is any excuse for his behavior. At the same time, we should listen to what he has to say.

Drunken fights and more drunken sex characterize their excuse for a relationship.

At least being sick gives you the perfect excuse to stay home and watch movies.

When anyone tries to explain the inexplicable, he is getting ready to excuse the inexcusable.

Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"

The principal called him to account for being absent without an excuse.

I don't have a stamp collection, but I have a Japanese postcard collection that I could use as an excuse to invite him.

She was even more surprised when she heard Miss Baker say, "Excuse me, but may I change places with you?"

What?! You didn't do your homework because of a soccer match? That's no excuse!

Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm late for a gumdrop parade on Foo-foo Island.

Always excuse yourself if you need to leave the table during and eat in company

After looking through your file, we ask that you excuse us for any inconveniences caused.

What's the reason?

All people are born free and have the same rights and dignity. They are imbued with reason and conscience and should interact with each other in a spirit of brotherhood.

Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man's unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires.

Although Al-Sayib would never admit it, the real reason he hates noobs that much is that he got pwned by one while Dima watched and laughed his ass off.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but--more frequently than not --struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

Woe to who be alone, my friends. It seems that social isolation quickly destroys one's reason.

When children are ordered to do a certain thing by such adult standards, they frequently refuse to follow the instructions for no other reason than that they have been told to do so.

Women are directly adapted to act as the nurses and educators of our early childhood, for the simple reason that they themselves are childish, foolish, and short-sighted.

The Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity.

If an oversight is the reason why you have not paid, please send us the amount due, and let us solve the problem immediately.

Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.

... reason? What you're looking for is a pretext, isn't it?

I happen to prefer champagne to ditchwater, but there is no reason to suppose that the cosmos does.

So, I didn't call for any particular reason; I just wanted to hear your voice. If you're busy, I'll let you go.