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Admitting it was your fault

my fault. Yeah. So, it's my fault that uh the dinner isn't ready because when I got home, I got onto the internet and you know what happens? It takes a little bit of time and I...

Course: Sounding polite and considerateSection: Ways to apologizeSubtitles: en

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it's

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my fault. Yeah. So, it's my fault that

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uh the dinner isn't ready because when I

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got home, I got onto the internet and

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you know what happens? It takes a little

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bit of time and I forgot what time it

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was and I didn't put the dinner in the

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oven so it's really my fault. Am I

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forgiven? Another nice way to say I

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apologize. Am I forgiven? And the way

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you say it, you have to put a little bit

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of intonation into it. Am I forgiven?

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I'm sorry. It won't happen again. Okay.

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So, you've done something. You've spilt

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something or you've damaged something.

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You put, as I do, you put the white

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clothes in with the other colored

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clothes. Oh, major war. Am I forgiven? I

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didn't mean to destroy your favorite

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t-shirt. Okay. So, am I forgiven? Or do

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you forgive me? It's exactly the same.

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Am I forgiven? Or do you forgive me?

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What can I say? I'm sorry. Yeah. So when

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you've done something, you've no words

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to express your feelings. You've upset

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your partner. So you just simply put

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your hands to your chest and say, "What

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can I say? I'm sorry." Yeah. So I'm

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really sorry. Please forgive me.

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And if you've said something or done

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something that

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