excuse

excuse
1. ik'skju:z verb
1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) unnskylde
2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) frita; gi lov til å gå
2. ik'skju:s noun
(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) unnskyldning, påskudd, begrunnelse (for)
unnskylde
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unnskyldning
I
subst. \/ɪkˈskjuːs\/, \/ekˈskjuːs\/
1) unnskyldning, forsvar, bortforklaring, påskudd, begrunnelse
• what's his excuse?
hva er hans unnskyldning?
2) fritak (fra forpliktelse), (melding om) avbud
• do you have a written excuse?
har du en skriftlig beskjed?
• send an excuse
sende avbud
• absent without (good) excuse
fravær uten gyldig forfall
3) (hverdagslig) surrogat, erstatning
• an excuse for a breakfast
noe som skal forestille en frokost
beyond excuse utilgivelig
in excuse of for å unnskylde
make an excuse unnskylde seg
make excuses komme med bortforklaringer
make excuses for somebody forsvare noen, finne unnskyldninger for noen, unnskylde noen
make something an excuse bruke noe som et påskudd
offer an excuse unnskylde seg
II
verb \/ɪkˈskjuːz\/, \/ekˈskjuːz\/
1) unnskylde
• nothing can excuse such rudeness
ingenting kan unnskylde en slik uhøflighet
• he asked her to excuse him
han ba henne unnskylde ham
• please excuse my coming late
unnskyld at jeg kommer (for) sent
2) gi fri, frita, la slippe
• we excuse him the fee
vi lar ham slippe (å betale) avgiften
• we will excuse you
du kan gå \/ du slipper å bli igjen
• the class is excused
klassen får fri
ask to be excused be om å få gå, be om å få gå fra bordet
excuse from frita fra, frita for
• excuse somebody from school
la noen slippe skolen
• I'll excuse you from coming
du trenger ikke å komme
excuse me (irritert utrop) unnskyld meg unnskyld, beklager, jeg ber om unnskyldning
excuse oneself for something unnskylde seg for noe, be om unnskyldning for noe
• he excused himself for being late
han ba om unnskyldning for at han var for sen
excuse oneself from something be om å få slippe noe, be seg fri fra noe, takke nei til noe
• I'd rather be excused
jeg vil helst slippe
please, may I be excused? (skolevesen) kan jeg gå på toalettet?

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