excuse
11excuse-me — or excuse me dance noun A dance during which one may change partners • • • Main Entry: ↑excuse …
12excusé — excusé, ée (èk sku zé, zée) part. passé. 1° Qui a été disculpé. L enfant excusé par la mère. • Cruelle, pensez vous être assez excusée ?, RAC. Phèdre, v, 7. 2° Pardonné. Une faute excusée. • L ignorance de la religion et de la police du… …
13excuse — [n] reason, explanation alibi, apology, cleanup*, cop out*, cover*, cover story*, coverup, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story*, grounds, jive*, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, rationalization,… …
14excusé — Excusé, [excus]ée. part. Il a les significations de son verbe. Je vous prie de me tenir pour excusé …
15excuse me — ► excuse me 1) a polite apology. 2) chiefly N. Amer. used to ask someone to repeat what they have just said. Main Entry: ↑excuse …
16excuse — UK US /ɪkˈskjuːs/ noun [C] US (UK sick note) HR ► a letter from a doctor saying that someone is too ill to go to work …
17excuse — ex|cuse1 S2 [ıkˈskju:z] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 excuse me 2¦(forgive)¦ 3¦(from a duty)¦ 4¦(explain)¦ 5¦(from a place)¦ 6 excuse yourself 7 excuse me (for living)! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: excuser, from …
18excuse — 1 verb (T) 1 excuse me spoken a) used when you want to get someone s attention politely, especially when you want to ask a question: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the museum please? b) used to say that you are sorry for doing something… …
19excuse — (èk sku z ) s. f. 1° Raison qu on allègue pour se disculper ou pour disculper un autre. Excuse valable. Mauvaise excuse. Se confondre en excuses. • Quand nous pouvons couvrir d excuses nos défauts, RÉGNIER Sat. XIV. • Bien que je sache au… …
20excuse — I n. 1) to find; make; make up an excuse for 2) to accept an excuse 3) to reject an excuse 4) an acceptable, good; convincing; feeble, flimsy, lame, poor, weak; glib; plausible; ready made; unacceptable; valid excuse 5) an excuse for (an excuse… …
