Excuse me!

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Rob keeps saying 'excuse me' but what does he really mean? You and Feifei are about to find out the many uses of this phrase

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:10.0	From BBC learning English.
0:12.0	com. Hello and welcome. from BBC Learning English.com.
0:14.0	Hello and welcome to the English we speak with me Faye Faye and me Rob.
0:19.0	Now excuse me Faye Faye because I just need to reach over and get a tissue before I...
0:25.0	Acheh!
0:27.0	Excuse me.
0:28.0	Are you getting a cold?
0:30.0	Oh, excuse me, I've just got to get this.
0:35.0	Hi, mom.
0:37.0	Yeah, I've told you not to call me at work.
0:39.0	I'll call you tonight, okay?
0:41.0	Bye.
0:42.0	Sorry about that.
0:44.0	Um, Rob, are you going to do any work?
0:47.0	Excuse me, I am working very hard to explain today's piece of authentic English.
0:53.2	Excuse me? Say that again? Yes, that's it. Our phrase today is two words
0:59.7	with many different meanings. Excuse me. I see. So when you sneeze or make a rude
1:06.1	noise you can apologize by saying excuse me. Exactly and when I wanted you to move so that I could reach for the tissues, I said,
1:15.8	excuse me to politely ask you to move so that I could reach them, a bit like this.
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