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Hi there, this is Harry and welcome back

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channel. And today we're talking to you

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about ways to and here are ways to

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apologize. So very easy for a man to do

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to apologize because we spend our lives

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doing it. If you're married, you know

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all about it. Okay. So, these are the

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different ways in which you can

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apologize. Simply, I apologize. Yeah.

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I'm sorry. I should have got you some

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flowers. I forgot. I was busy. I really

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apologize. So, if you want to put that

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extra emphasis on it, I apologize. Or I

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really apologize. Okay? Or simply, I am

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sorry. Or I am very sorry or I am really

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sorry. With some of these words, you'll

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see like apologize. We can say I really

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apologize. When we're sorry, we can say

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I really I am really sorry or I am very

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sorry. Okay, sometimes very and really,

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but not always. So, you make a big

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mistake. Uh you forgot about the

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birthday. You didn't send the card. Oh,

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I'm really really sorry. Okay. Um 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 you know you really know

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you shouldn't have done, then you can

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use these words. I shouldn't have said

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that. I shouldn't have done that. Okay?

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So, you know, you've upset the

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mother-in-law. Well, she was really

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annoying me. Well, I know. I shouldn't

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have said what I said. You know, she

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I'll apologize. Yeah. I'll get her some

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flowers. I'll buy her some chocolates. I

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shouldn't have said what I said. Or I

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shouldn't have done that. Yeah. And you

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know, the child was really bold, so you

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sent him to his room, said, "There's no

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uh Wi-Fi for you. There's no supper.

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There's no treats." And you shouted and

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screamed. And then, of course, your wife

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says, That's not the way to deal with

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it. You know, he gets very upset very

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easily. I know. I shouldn't have done

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that, but he really annoyed me and I was

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a little bit frustrated. So, I'll

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apologize later. Let's see how he is.

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Okay. So, I shouldn't have said that or

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I shouldn't have done that. If you want

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to be really formal about it, you can

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use an expression, I beg your pardon. I

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know that's quite old-fashioned. You

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don't hear it so often, but it's

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something my mother and my grandmother

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used to use, and it's it's quite it's

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quite formal. It's it's quite nice. I

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beg your pardon, you know. So, if you

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bump into somebody when you're walking

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along the street, oh, I beg your pardon.

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That was my fault. I wasn't looking

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where I was going. Okay? Or if you uh

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walk into a room and you open the door

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and there's a lady or older gentleman

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trying to get out of the door, you might

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step back and say, "I beg your pardon.

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Please come through first." Okay? So

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you're using it in that way to apologize

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for your manners or on a bus you want to

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offer your seat to a lady. I beg your

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pardon. Please sit here. Yeah, I can

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stand. Okay. So different ways, more

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formal ways to to say it. Um, as you

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said earlier on, we can just say my

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fault. Put your hands up. My fault.

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Yeah. So it's a a much more modern and

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informal way to say it. And something

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really quite informal. And I've never

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ever used this, but I I see that a lot

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of people do. My bad. Yeah. Meaning it's

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my fault. My mistake. My bad. So,

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something you've done, you forgot to uh

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put the camera into the bag. So, when

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you get to the the picnic and you say,

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"Okay, let's take a few photographs."

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Oops. I didn't put the camera in the

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bag. My bad. Yeah. Something you're

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apologizing for. Or simply, I'm to

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blame. Yeah. We have to look for

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somebody. Somebody has to take the blame

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when something goes wrong. Well, look,

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I'm to blame for that. It was my fault.

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really sorry. Hands up. It won't happen

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again. Okay. So, let me just run through

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all of those again for you just to give

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you one more uh hearing. Okay. So, I

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apologize.

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I'm sorry. Or I'm very sorry. Or I

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really apologize. I'm so sorry. Again,

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putting a little bit more stress onto

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it. Am I forgiven?

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Do you forgive me? Okay. So, you're

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asking even though you're apologizing,

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you're asking for forgiveness there.

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What can I say? I'm sorry. What can I

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say? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said

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that. I shouldn't have done that. I beg

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your pardon. My fault. I'm to blame. My

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bad. And with a lot of these, you have

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to put some intonation in it so the

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person that you're talking to really

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understands that you mean the apology.

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