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a. excuser• one can be excused for not understanding what she says il est excusable qu'on ne comprenne pas ce qu'elle dit• and now if you will excuse me, I... et maintenant, si vous voulez bien m'excuser, je...• excuse me for wondering if... permettez-moi de me demander si...• excuse me! excusez-moi !2. nounexcuse f• his success was a good excuse for a family party ce succès a fourni le prétexte à une fête de famille━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque excuse est un verbe, le s se prononce z: ɪksˈkju:z ; lorsque c'est un nom, il se prononce s: ɪksˈkju:s.* * *1. [ɪk'skjuːs]noun ( self-justification) excuse f; ( pretext) prétexte m ( for something à quelque chose; for doing pour faire; to do pour faire)to be an excuse to do ou for doing — servir de prétexte pour faire
2. [ɪk'skjuːz]that's no excuse — ce n'est pas une excuse or une raison
transitive verbexcuse me! — ( bumping into somebody) excusez-moi!, pardon!; (beginning an inquiry, making polite correction) excusez-moi; ( making angry correction) je regrette, mais; ( not hearing properly) pardon?
may I be excused? — GB euph est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes?
2) ( justify) justifier [intervention, procedure]; excuser [person]3) ( exempt) dispenser ( from something de quelque chose; from doing de faire)
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