1.Excuse

2.Whoops Oops

3. Apologize

4.Apologize

5.Forgive forgive

6.Inconvenience is inconvenient

7.Accepted accepts

8. Pardon, ma 'am. excuse me. Sorry about that.

Excuse me, madam. Excuse me. sorry

2. whoops.sorry.that's my bad.

Oh, I'm sorry. My mistake.

3.A thousand apologies.

I'm terribly sorry.

4.Can you forgive me?

can you forgive me?

5.I owe you an apology.

I owe you an apology.

6. I can't apologize to you.

I can't apologize too much.

7. We're sorry for the income.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

8. Don't worry. Apology accepted.

Never mind. I accept your apology.

9. that's okay. these things happen.

it doesn't matter. This happens all the time.

1. I forgave you.

I forgive you.

11. That was water under the bridge.

Those things have passed.

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Americans love to apologize! Apologize for doing something wrong, disturbing others, not listening clearly, and even sneezing. It is not enough to apologize on so many occasions just by saying' I'm sorry'. Come and master 1 ways to express and respond to apologies!

1.? Pardon, ma'am. Excuse me. Sorry about that.? Excuse me, ma 'am. Excuse me. sorry

in spoken language, the words commonly used to express "sorry" or "sorry" are sorry, excuse me, and pardon.

Excuse me and pardon are more polite than just saying sorry. Pardon is more formal.

Sorry about that means "I'm sorry about something I just did", and it's relatively small and won't cause too serious consequences.

Common occasions when using pardon, excuse me, sorry about that:

When making a loud sound (such as burping; Sneezing, etc.);

when interrupting others or accidentally bumping into others;

when attracting others' attention or asking something;

when correcting others or expressing different opinions.

note: I beg your pardon? And excuse me? Can be used to express surprise or being offended. It's similar to "say it again" in Chinese. ！” . Suggesting that the other party's words were unexpected. Use a rising tone at the end of the sentence (with wide eyes and raised eyebrows is better).

Pronunciation:

Pardon, ma'am.

[? pɑ:rdn] [m? M]

(note that the phonetic symbol is American pronunciation)

Excuse me.

[? k? skj? s mi]

Sorry about that.

[? s? :ri ? ba? t ? t]

2.? Whoops. Sorry. That's my bad. Oh, I'm sorry. My mistake.

Whoops, an interjection, means "oops". Express that you made a small mistake unintentionally.

note: whoops is best followed by words that directly express apologies, such as sorry, excuse me and so on. If you simply say whoops, others only know that you made a mistake, but they can't receive the "sorry" message.

scope of application: familiar and intimate people. Try not to use Whoops in formal occasions.

That's my bad, which means "that's my fault". Bad is a noun here, which means "bad thing". Fault is often used instead of bad in spoken language.

note: fault is more serious than bad; Fault is more formal.

more expressions:

Whoops! I'm sorry. Oh, I was wrong.

My bad. I'm sorry.

pronunciation:

Whoops. Sorry.

[w? ps]? [? s? :ri]?

That's my bad.

[? ts ma? b? d]?

3.? A thousand apologies.? I'm terribly sorry. ?

an exaggerated expression that means "I have a thousand apologies".

can be used when a serious mistake is made. However, in practice, more people apologize for some "small things" in formal communication.

for example, the speaker in the video is on a work phone, but he is forcibly interrupted by others. He turns to the other end of the phone and says, "A thousand apologies".

he just apologized for interrupting the conversation (a small matter), but his tone sounded formal.

Pronunciation:

a thousand legends.

[e? θa? z? nd ? pɑ:l? d? iz]?

4.? Can you forgive me? Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Some mistakes are big, and it is not a simple "Oh, I'm sorry" that can make the other party forgive. Sometimes we need to use more sincere and formal expressions.

Can you forgive sb. means "can you forgive someone?"

if the apology is "we", you can say can you forgive us?

if the name of the person who made the mistake is Jerry：Can you forgive Jerry?

note: it is more polite to say could you forgive me?

more expressions:

will you give me? It's a similar expression, but will means "will" Suggest whether the other person is "willing" to forgive himself.

Using can is to ask if the other person can forgive himself.

Will you forgive me？ Will you forgive me?

pronunciation:

can you give me?

[k? nju: f? r? ɡ? V mi:] (Generally, the tone of a question is rising at the end of a sentence)

5. I owe you an apology.

I owe someone ...

I owe someone. Followed by an apology, it is often used to express one's apology for something wrong in the past.

note: don't confuse it with I owe you one. That's "I owe you one", which is used to thank each other.

Pronunciation:

I owe you an apology.

[a? o? ju: ? n?' pɑ:l? d? I]

(Pay attention to linking I owe and Anapology; Where the suffix of I and the word capital of owe are vowels, there will be a sliding sound /j/ to connect the vowels before and after)

6. I cannot apologize to you enough.? I cannot apologize too much.

I can not apologize to sb. enough。

Apologize to sb. means "apologize to someone".

Can not do sth. enough means "you can't do it too much".

I can't apologize too much = I am so sorry.

note: you must not leave out enough, otherwise the sentence will become "I can't apologize to you".

More expressions:

I want to apologize to you.

Thank you for understanding. thank you for understanding.

pronunciation:?

I cannot apologize to you enough.

[a k? nɑ:t? pɑ:l? d? a? z t? ju:n? f]

7.? We're sorry for the income We're sorry for the inconvenience.

sb. is sorry for the inconvenience.

be sorry for the inconvenience means "to apologize for the inconvenience".

This is also a very formal expression, which often appears in the following types of communication:

business to customer;

the construction team is responsible for pedestrians;

announcements of government departments, etc.

More expressions:

We're sorry for the inconvenience.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

pronunciation:

we're sorry for the income.

[w? r ? s? :ri f? r ? i? nk? n? vi:n? ns]

8.? Don't worry. Apology accepted. Never mind. I accept your apology.

When the other party formally apologizes, if you want to express "it doesn't matter", you can say:

Don't worry or don't worry about something.

It usually refers to something that is not so serious that the speaker feels "don't care".

another short expression is:

accepted. accepted means "accepted".

More expressions:

On the contrary, if you don't accept an apology, you can say:

Apology not accepted.

Pronunciation:

Don't worry. Apology accepted.

[don? W? r? ].? [? pɑ:l? d? i ? k? sept? d

9.? That's okay. These things happen. it doesn't matter This happens all the time.

That's okay or it's okay are commonly used expressions of "it doesn't matter".

In order to comfort those who apologize not to blame themselves too much, you can add:

These things happen.

These things mean "these bad feelings"; Happy means "often happen".

note: don't use the past tense in this scene, but use the simple present tense to express "frequent or repeated actions".

pronunciation:

that's okay. these things happened.

[? ts? o? ke? ] [? i:z θ? z? h? p? N]

1. I forgive you. I forgive you.

I forgave sb.

This is a very formal response. Often used to respond to serious apologies and serious things.

Pronunciation:

I forgive you.

[a? f? r? ɡ? V ju:]

(read forgive you continuously, in which the /v/ sound of forgive is only lip-shaped, and it quickly transitions to /j/ sound)

11. That was water under the bridge.? Those things are in the past.

This is an American slang. Because "once the water under the bridge flows, it will flow forever", just like the past and the contradictions in the past should be like the river, so don't entangle the past.

if it means something that happened a long time ago, use the past tense of be verb: that/it was；;

If you mean what is happening now, use the present tense: that/it is.

More expressions:

It's all water under the bridge. It's all over.

pronunciation:

that was water under the bridge.

[? t w? z ? W? :t? r ? nd? r ? br? d? ]?

(Note that the /t/ in waterd is clouded into/d/in American; The suffix of bridge /d? /:When you pronounce, your tongue is raised, your tongue tip touches the back of your gums, and when the air passes, it makes a fricative sound, and the vocal cords vibrate.)

Have you mastered the statement of expressing and responding to apologies?

I'd like to share a famous saying from Robert Half:

Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake. It's more serious than making a mistake.