5 Mar 2000

Question 1

I beg your pardon

Answer 1

(formal) used to tell somebody that you are sorry for something you have said or done
I beg your pardon, I thought that was my coat.
used to ask somebody to repeat what they have just said because you did not hear
‘It’s on Duke Street.’ ‘I beg your pardon.’ ‘Duke Street.’
(British English) used to tell somebody that you are offended by what they have just said or by the way that they have said it
‘Just go away.’ ‘I beg your pardon!’