understand how/what/why etc / understand how you feel, but I still think you should apologize to her understanding - understood - have understood
ft\ Don't say 'I am understanding'. Say I understand.
appreciate a'priijieit/ [u ti hormae to
understand clearly how someone feels or what problems they have: The Senator failed to appreciate the amount of anger that people felt about this issue. + (that) I appreciate that it's not easy for you, but you must try to get here on time.
see si:/ [и T] to understand how someone feels and why they feel that way, especially because the reasons are very clear see why/how/what Vou can see why Clare was so annoyed, can 't you? + (that) Martha saw that Bob was getting upset, so she changed the subject.
seeing - saw - have seen
know how sb feels /,пэи hau (sb) fi:lz/
to understand how someone feels, because you have had the same feelings or experiences yourself: "My children are driving me crazy." T know how you feel - they're very difficult at that age."
EJ when you cannot
understand something
don't understand/can't understand j,daunt ,Andar'stajnd, ,ka:nt Andar- staendl.kaent-/ They didn't understand a single word she said. I Tell me if you don't understand.
+ how/why/what etc I really can't understand why so many people like her music.
Qdon't/can't see /,daunt, ,ku;nt si:|| kaent-/ spoken to not understand the reason for something + why/how/what/where I didn't see how they could sell it so cheaply. I All my friends liked that book, but I just can't see why.
QllOt get it jnot get it/' spoken to feel confused, and be unable to understand why something has happened or what
someone has told you: / don't get it - why would he take the money if he knew they would find out? I I keep telling her
that Steve isn't interested in her, but she just doesn't get it.
puzzling /'pAz<?liij [adj] a puzzling situation makes you feel confused, because you have tried to understand it or explain it. but you cannot: I don't know why she left
-it's all very puzzling.
Qit's a mystery to me/it beats
me /its э 'misuri t3 mi:, it ,bi:ts 'mi: spoken say this when you cannot understand why something happens or how someone does something, and you find it very surprising: "Why does she stay with her husband then?" "It beats me."
+ how/what/why etc It's a mystery to me how he can get so much work done in such a short time.
E3 to not understand something correctly
misunderstand /,miSAnd3pst;end/ {v
I/T] to think that someone means one thing when in fact they mean something else: / think she misunderstood the ques tion. I I'm sorry, I must have misunderstood you.
misunderstanding - misunderstood - have misunderstood
miss tHe point /mis сЪ p:>im if you
miss the point, you think you understand what someone says or what is important about a situation, but in fact you are wrong: I soon realised that he had completely missed the point.
mis unde rstanding
|n C/U] a problem caused when someone does not understand something correctly: There seems to have been a misunder standing. I didn't order steak. I Cultural differences between people from different countries can sometimes lead to misunderstandings.
UNFORTUNATELY
when you wish that something had not happened or was not true
^ see also sorry, lucky/unlucky
un/ortunateiy An'b:rtj>n^tli/ [adv] use this to show that you wish something had not happened, or you wish something was not true: There's nothing I can do about it, unfortunately. 1 Unfortunately, Dr Cole cannot spend as long with each patient as she wou/d like. I IVe took some fantastic photos, but unfortunate ly the film got damaged.
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sadly sit'dli |adu) unfortunately - use this to talk about events or situations that are very sad: Alice was rushed to the hospital, but sadly she died two hours later. I Sadly, this fine old theatre was destroyed by fire in 1993.
Sadly is more formal than unfortunately, and used about serious situations.
Gait's a pity/it's a skame /Us э piti,
its э Jeim spoken say this to show that you feel disappointed, sad, or annoyed about something that has happened: They've cut down all those beautiful trees. It's a
shame.
+ (that) It's a shame you can't come wiih us. I I don't mind you going out - it's just a pity you didn't ask me first. + about It's a shame about the weather. what a pity/what a shame! (say this to show that you feel sad or sympathetic about something) "Janet didn't get that job." "Oh, what a pityl"
It's sad its 'saed/ use this to show that you feel upset about something sad that has happened, and you wish the situation was different
it's sad (that) It's so sad that your father
can't be here to see this.
it's sad when It's sad when a marriage
breaks up, especially after all those
years.
UNKIND
^ opposite kind ^ see also cruel
II treating someone unkindly
unkind ;>n'kamd< [adj] if you are unkind to someone, you speak to them or treat them in a way that makes them unhappy: It is all right to correct your students mistakes, but try not to be unkind. I It was a really unkind thing to say,
+ to I'm sorrv - I didn't mean to be so unkind to you yesterday. it is unkind (of sb) to do sth It was very unkind of them to keep making jokes about her cooking. uakindly [aduj She described him. rather unkindly, as a boring little man.
cruel 'кгиЫ/ [adj] someone who is cruel is very unkind, and does not seem to care about other people's feelings: He's not ugly! How can you be so cruel? I a cruel laugh