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excuse

verbbriathar
1. forgive
2. justify
3. mitigate
4. ignore, make allowances for
5. release from duty etc
6. give permission to leave
7. say you need to leave
nounAinmfhocal
8. reason given for sth
9. poor example of sth
10. sick note
PhrasesNathanna
 verbbriathar 1 forgiveexcuse me transitiveaistreachmaith do PhrV cmu please excuse my ignorance maith dom m'aineolas if it's too basic at the start, please excuse me má tá sé róbhunúsach ag an tús, maithigí dom é excuse her reluctance maith di a drogall, ná tóg uirthi a bheith drogallach if you'll excuse me asking again mura miste leat mé á fhiafraí arís excuse me for being late maith dom a bheith déanach you could be excused for thinking he's cheeky thuigfí duit dá gceapfá go bhfuil sé sotalach, bheadh cúis mhaith agat a cheapadh go bhfuil sé sotalach if you'll excuse the pun mura miste leat an t-imeartas focal if you'll excuse me saying mura miste leat mé á rá 2 justify transitiveaistreachleithscéal a dhéanamh do you can't excuse speeding ní féidir leithscéal a dhéanamh do dhaoine as bheith ag tiomáint róthapa, níl sé inleithscéil a bheith ag tiomáint róghasta 3 mitigate transitiveaistreach youth doesn't excuse his behaviour ní haon leithscéal í a óige dá iompar it doesn't excuse her for being so rude to him ní haon leithscéal aici é as bheith chomh drochbhéasach leis nothing can excuse the violence that followed it níl aon leithscéal ann don fhoréigean a lean é 4 ignore, make allowances for transitiveaistreach please excuse the state of the house ná bac le droch-chaoi an tí, ná cuir aon nath sa riocht ina bhfuil an teach 5 release from duty etc transitiveaistreachscaoil verb cmulig saor PhrV cmu he was excused from the jury scaoileadh ón ngiúiré é I was excused from training tugadh cead dom gan dul ag traenáil, ligeadh dom gan dul ag traenáil she was excused from work for the day scaoileadh ón obair ar feadh an lae í he was excused payment of the fine níor tugadh air an fhíneáil a íoc, maitheadh an fhíneáil dó, níor chaith sé an fhíneáil a íoc 6 give permission to leave transitiveaistreach if you'll all excuse me, I must leave gabhaigí mo leithscéal, tá orm fágáil; mura miste libh, caithfidh mé imeacht may I be excused? an miste libh má imím? 7 say you need to leavemake your excuses transitiveaistreach he excused himself and went home ghabh sé a leithscéal agus chuaigh sé abhaile she excused herself from the room ghabh sí a leithscéal agus d'fhág sí an seomra nounAinmfhocal 8 reason given for sthleithscéal masc1 cmu what excuse did she give for not coming? cén leithscéal a thug sí faoi gan teacht?, cén leithscéal a bhí aici as gan teacht? I don't want to hear your excuses níl mé ag iarraidh do chuid leithscéalta a chloisteáil to make excuses for sth leithscéal a dhéanamh do rud they used religion as an excuse for war d'úsáid siad an creideamh mar leithscéal chun cogaíochta there's no excuse for that ní féidir aon leithscéal a dhéanamh dó sin, níl sé sin inleithscéil, níl aon dealramh leis sin the usual excuse an seanleithscéal, an seanleithscéal agus meirg air he came up with some pathetic excuse ní raibh aige ach leithscéal gan dealramh, leithscéal agus a thóin leis a thug sé it's a valid excuse leithscéal le dealramh atá ann, is leithscéal ceart é it's just an excuse for taking a day off níl ann ach leithscéal chun lá saor a ghlacadh the match is a good excuse to go to the pub leithscéal maith an cluiche le dul chuig an bpub 9 informalneamhfhoirmeálta poor example of sth he's a terrible excuse for a doctor níl ann ach dochtúir maide, dochtúir gan dealramh is ea é it was a shocking excuse for a game ní raibh ann ach droch-chluiche amach is amach 10 (USSAM) sick notenóta tinnisnóta breoiteachta PhrasesNathanna excuse me 1 to get sb's attentiongabh mo leithscéalgabhaim pardúnmo phardún excuse me, could I have another glass please? gabh mo leithscéal, an bhféadfainn gloine eile a fháil, le do thoil? 2 to apologise for sthtá brón ormtá mé buarthagabh mo leithscéalgabhaim pardún oops, excuse me! úps, tá brón orm! 3 to ask sb to movegabh mo leithscéalgabhaim pardúntá brón ormtá mé buartha excuse me, could I get by you there? gabh mo leithscéal, an bhféadfainn dul tharat ansin? 4 to tell sb you're leavinggabh mo leithscéalgabhaim pardún excuse me, that's my taxi gabh mo leithscéal, sin é an tacsaí s'agamsa 5 (USSAM) to ask sb to repeat sthgabh mo leithscéal?gabhaim pardún? 'Can you hear me?' 'Excuse me?' 'An gcloiseann tú mé?' 'Gabh mo leithscéal?' 6 to show surprise or disagreement with sthgabh mo leithscéalgabhaim pardún excuse me, but how is that fair? gabh mo leithscéal, ach conas atá sé sin cothrom? to make your excuses do leithscéal a ghabháil
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