āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
excuse me
/ÉkskjËuËs mËiË/
excuse me
01
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ
said before asking someone a question, as a way of politely getting their attention
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, where is the nearest bus stop?
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϏā§āĻāĻĒ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
02
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ
said to politely ask someone to move or make space so that one can get past them
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, I need to pass.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ
said to apologize for interrupting someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, there âs someone at the door for you.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϏā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ
said to politely inform someone that one is going to leave or talk to another person
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, I âll be back shortly.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻā§āϰāĻ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻāϏāĻŦāĨ¤
05
āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
said to apologize when one makes a rude noise or does something wrong
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Oh, excuse me. I did nât notice you were standing so close.
āĻāĻš, āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āύāĨ¤
06
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāĻŋ?
said to ask someone to repeat what they have said because it could not be heard
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
" Please fill out this form. " " Excuse me? "
ÂĢ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϰāĻš āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻ āĻĢāϰā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ Âģ ÂĢ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ? Âģ
07
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ
said before one disagrees with someone in order to not be rude or offensive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, but I do n't think that's true.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāϤā§āϝāĨ¤
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