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♦ excuse /ɪkˈskju:s/n. [cu]1 scusa; pretesto: to find an excuse, trovare una scusa; to invent an excuse, inventare una scusa; a flimsy (o feeble) excuse, una scusa debole; a lame excuse, una scusa che non regge; a plausible excuse, una scusa accettabile; The rain gave me an excuse to stay, la pioggia mi diede un pretesto per restare2 giustificazione; scusante; scuse (pl.): by way of excuse, per giustificarsi; come scusante; to have no excuse, non avere scusanti; That's no excuse!, non è una scusa valida!; to make one's excuses, fare le proprie scuse; without excuse, senza giustificazione; inescusabile; in excuse of, a giustificazione di● (fam.) excuse for a, misero esemplare di: that pathetic excuse for a tenor, quel tenore penoso; quel, si fa per dire, tenore.♦ (to) excuse /ɪkˈskju:z/v. t.1 scusare; perdonare: Do excuse the mess!, scusa il disordine!; DIALOGO → - Greetings and other useful phrases- Excuse me!, scusa(mi)!; mi scusi!; ( anche, per passare) (con) permesso!; (dopo aver urtato q., USA) scusa!, scusi!, pardon!; Excuse me for not answering before, scusami per non averti risposto prima; DIALOGO → - On the Tube- Excuse me, does this train go to High Street Kensington?, mi scusi, questo treno va a High Street Kensington?2 scusare; giustificare: His youth excuses his mistake, la sua giovinezza giustifica il suo errore; to excuse an absence, giustificare un'assenza3 dispensare; esimere; esentare; esonerare; condonare: I cannot excuse you from the gym lessons, non posso esonerarti dalle lezioni di ginnastica; His position doesn't excuse him from being civil, la sua posizione non lo esime dall'essere educato; They will excuse him the fee, gli condoneranno il pagamento della tassa4 dare a (q.) il permesso di andarsene; scusare: If you'll excuse me…, col suo permesso… (o chiedo scusa, ma…; se mi vuole scusare…) ( devo andare); ( a un insegnante) May I be excused?, posso uscire? ( per andare al gabinetto)● to excuse oneself, scusarsi, chiedere scusa: I excused myself and left the room, mi sono scusato con lui e sono uscito dalla stanza; chiedere (e ottenere) di essere dispensato (da qc.); scusarsi (di non poter fare qc.); mandare le proprie scuse: I excused myself from singing, scusandomi declinai di cantare; She excused herself from the meeting at the last minute, all'ultimo momento ha mandato le proprie scuse non potendo partecipare all'incontro; allontanarsi chiedendo scusa □ (fam., iron.) Excuse me ( for living)!, scusami tanto!; chiedo umilmente scusa! NOTA D'USO: - I'm sorry o excuse me?-.
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