pardon me
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1.0
- idiom
- /ˈpɑrdən mi/
:
disculpe
- Pardon me, I didn't mean to interrupt your conversation.
- Pardon me, sir
- Pardon me for interrupting
- Pardon me, I'm sorry
And I was like, pardon me, 'cause I didn't get the fucking e-mail.
- And I was like, pardon me, 'cause I didn't get the fucking e-mail.
- Less gas, Pardon me, Instead of giving more gas, let's give less breaks.
- So the young guy comes up and he says, pardon me, Sir.
- I wrote screenplays, couple of books of nonfict or pardon me, of fiction.
- And we'll see what happens in the next months, Pardon me, a couple of years as to whether it has been saved or whether it was a false dawn.
- I hope you guys will pardon me for a second here while I just find out if the YouTube live stream starting now never went up.
Examples
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I'm just wondering... - Are you in any kind of condition to... - Pardon me?
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"But then, we all have our limitations." "Pardon me," said the Gnalish, addressing Worf.
Fiction book (1991) -
This is going to now give me, pardon me, just one moment.
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Pardon me for not being in the Christmas spirit.
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Then to his companion, she added, "Pardon me for interrupting."
Fiction book (1992) -
I am new to Nutch, so pardon me if this is a novice question.
Blog text (31) -
Pardon me, madam.
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Pardon me, Ken, but we didn't even know Papa Smurf had a brother.
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I haven't whined in a while, so pardon me for this indulgence.
Blog text (21) -
Smooth-Talking-Jones says, 'Pardon me, ma'am, but ain't you the Widow Smith?'
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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7.9
A very polite way to say sorry
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
pardon + me
The phrase 'pardon me' is compositionally built from 'pardon' (to forgive or excuse) plus the pronoun 'me', so its pragmatic meaning 'excuse me' or 'forgive me' is directly derivable from the constituents. This politeness formula is cross-linguistically common and follows a transparent verb + object pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.
Etymology
Pardon me comes from a time when pardon simply meant 'to forgive'. People used it to ask forgiveness for a small rudeness, like interrupting or not hearing someone, so today we still say pardon me to get someone's attention or to apologize.