Ql beg your pardon ;ai beg p:r
pa:rdn, spoken formal say this when you make a small mistake and you want to say sorry politely: 'That's my pen." "Oh. I beg your pardon - I thought it was mine."
to feel sorry about something you have done
be sorry//eei sorry bi: sori, ,fi;l snri
-sc:ri to feel sad, embarrassed, or annoyed about something bad or stupid that you have done, and wish you had not done it
+ (that) Now she felt sorry that she had never written to her parents. I I didn't enjoy myself and I was sorry I ever agreed to go with them. be/feel sorry for sth (=sorry for something bad you have done) I hope you're sorry for the trouble you have caused.
be//eel sorry about sth (=sorry about
something that has happened) He's lost his job, but he doesn't seem very sorry about it.
regret n'gref [и T] to wish that you had no! done something, especially because it has bad results that affect you for a long time: / decided to leave my job - a deci sion which I later regretted, I It u>as a stupid thing to say. and I immediately regretted it.
regret doing sth I've always regretted
giving up my piano lessons.
+ (that) I think she regrets now that she
never went to college.
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regretting - regretted - have regretted
Regret is more formal than be/feel
sorry
fi\ Don't say 'I regret to do it' or 'I regret
to have done it'. Say I regret doing it or | regret that I did it
regret/n'gret/ [n C/UJ a feeling of sadness because you wish you had not done some- thing, or you wish the situation was different: Burgess feft with a feeling of regret, knowing that he would never return. with great/deep regret We have accepted her resignation with deep regret, have no regrets (-not regret anyrhing) / moved to the US ten years ago, and I haue no regrets.
wish you had)wish you hadn't
sad for someone because they have had very bad luck or they are in
■"wij ju: hied, 'wij" ju: haednt to feel that you have done the wrong thing, and wish that you had behaved differently-. / wish / had told him the truth. I She wished now that she had not agreed to marry him.
to feel sorry because someone else is in a bad situation
be sorry /bi: 'sorij-'sarri to feel sad about something bad that has happened to someone else
+ (that) I'm sorry she didn't get the job - I think she really deserved it. be sorry to hear/see/read И/е were oil sorry to hear about your accident.
feel sorry for sb ;,fi:l 'SDri fr:r (sb)|
SORRY
-sairi-I to feel
a bad situation: He felt sorry for Tina - she seemed so lonely. I It's his wife I feel sorry for.
sympathized sympathise british)
'simp^Baiz [и I] to feel sad for someone
who is having problems, because you understand how they feeclass="underline" / know what it's like to be alone in с strange country. and I do sympathise
+ with They say they sympathize with people who are unemployed, but hou> do they know what it's like?
sympathy simpolH [n U] the feeling
you nave when you feel sorry for someone who is having problems, and you understand how they feeclass="underline" Re/atiues of the air- crash victims were treated with great sympathy.
have sympathy for sb I have a lot of sympathy for her - divorce is о very upsetting experience.
pity pit i [и T] to feel very sorry for someone who is in a much worse situation than you: I pity anyone who has to feed a family on such a low income.
pitying - pitied - have pitied
Zf^You can also use pity to talk in a joking way about someone whose problems are not very serious: He spends all his time cleaning and polishing the car - I pity his poor wife!
what you say when you feel sorry for someone
Ql'm Sorry aim 'snri||-'sairi, spokf.n say this to tell someone you are sad that something bad has happened to them: I heard about your /other's death; I'm very sorry. I I really am sorry. I hope Jim
finds another job soon.
Qbad luck bied '1дк/ spoken say this to show your sympathy for someone who has tried to do something and failed: Bad luck. Paul. I'm sure you'll pass next time.
QpOOr po«"»r [adj only before noun] f.spf- cially spokf.n use this when talking about someone that you feel sorry for: The poor girl gets blamed for everything that goes wrong.
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poor old (nformal (used about someone you know well) I hear poor old Steve broke his ankle.
SOUND
see also 10ud, quiet, music
a sound
sound sa'>n<J ln C/U] something that you hear: The only sound in the house was the ticking of the clock. I The TV's broken - you can see the pictures, but there's no sound.
+ of We could hear the sound of laugh ter in the next room, a clickiag/tapping/biLzzing etc sound
There's a funny rattling sound coming from the back of the car.
noise ПЭ[/ 1л C/U] a sound, especially a loud or unpleasant one: The children are making a lot of noise, I street noises + of The noise of the traffic kept me awake.
a banging/scratching etc noise What's that banging noise? I We heard a creaking noise, and sow the door begin to open.
/j\ Don't say 'a big noise'. Say a |OU(j noise
echo 'екзо/ [n С] a sound which repeats the last part of a loud sound made, for example, in a large empty room or near a high wall
+ of the faint echo of thunder in the distance
plural echoes
to make a sound make a sound/make a noise
,mefk c> s;iond. так 'n.vz I knew that if I made any noise, they would find me. I The lamb was making a sound like a baby crying.
C^go M 9° bang/beep/pop etc
especially spoken to make a short loud sound: / was using the hairdryer and suddenly it went bang.
going - west - have gone
echo -'екэо/ [v I) if a sound echoes, you hear the last part of it again because it was made in a large empty room, near a high wall etc: I heard footsteps echoing down the corridor.
echoing - echoed - have echoed
With Ipreposition] with a bang/ crash/thud etc making a loud sound: The picture fell to the floor with a loud crash. I Fighter planes flew low over the village, with a great 'whoosh'.