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excuse

  1. [ɪk'skjuːs] , [ek's-] брит. / амер.

    сущ.

      1. извинение

      2. амер. справка от врача, объяснительная записка от родителей (о причине отсутствия)

      1. повод, предлог, отговорка

      2. причина, оправдание, объяснение

  2. [ɪk'skjuːz] , [ek's-] брит. / амер.

    гл.

      1. извиняться, просить прощения

      2. оправдываться, искать оправдания

      1. освобождать (от работы, обязанности)

      2. уйти, покинуть помещение (с чьего-либо позволения)

    1. оправдывать, извинять, объяснять

Law (En-Ru)

excuse

  1. извинение, оправдание; оправдывающее обстоятельство | извинять, служить оправданием, оправдывать

  2. освобождение (от обязанности, ответственности) | освобождать, служить основанием для освобождения (от обязанности, ответственности)

  3. предлог, повод, отговорка

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His excuses, though he was unable to give them any regular shape, were accepted by his companion, who had indeed suppressed her indignation after its first explosion.
Его извинения, хотя он не сумел придать им связную форму, были доброжелательно приняты собеседницей, которая сразу же после первой вспышки подавила свое негодование.
Scott, Walter / The AbbotСкотт, Вальтер / Аббат
Аббат
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1963
The Abbot
Scott, Walter
© The University Court of the University of Edinburgh 2000
Everything is at your fingertips: the Internet, a telephone, visits to competitors’ offices; this gives lots of excuses to sneak off from work,” said a female deputy director.
В твоем распоряжении Интернет, телефон, посещение конкурентов и другие предлоги отлучиться из офиса по личным нуждам", – рассказывает заместительница директора.
© The Well, 2009
Farspeaker can't really be as bad as all that, or Dravash wouldn't be so attached to him, so ready to make excuses for that filthy temper of his.
Или Громкоголосому не так уж плохо, как он хочет показать, или Дравашу не стоит так уж хлопотать вокруг типа со столь скверным характером.
Bradley, Marion,Zimmer, Paul Edwin / The SurvivorsБрэдли, Марион,Зиммер, Пол Э. / Уцелевшие
Уцелевшие
Брэдли, Марион,Зиммер, Пол Э.
The Survivors
Bradley, Marion,Zimmer, Paul Edwin
© 1979, by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Paul Edward Zimmer
I don't make excuses for the way I think.
И я не стыжусь его.
McCarthy, Cormac / No Country For Old MenМаккарти, Кормак / Старикам тут не место
Старикам тут не место
Маккарти, Кормак
© В. Минушин, перевод, 2009
© Издательская группа "Азбука-классика", 2009
© 2005 by M-71 Ltd
No Country For Old Men
McCarthy, Cormac
© 2005 by M-71 Ltd
Sometimes he excuses him wrathfully."
Иной раз и сердится, а все-таки освобождает.
Lee, Harper / To Kill a MockingbirdЛи, Харпер / Убить пересмешника
Убить пересмешника
Ли, Харпер
© Издательство "Молодая гвардия", 1964
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee, Harper
© renewed 1988
© 1960 by Harper Lee
'Well, they always have excuses,' said Nobby sullenly.
– У них всегда найдутся какие-нибудь отмазки, – угрюмо буркнул Шнобби.
Pratchett, Terry / Fifth ElephantПратчетт,Терри / Пятый элефант
Пятый элефант
Пратчетт,Терри
© Перевод Н. Берденников, А. Жикаренцев, 2007
© Издание на русском языке, оформление ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2007
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett, 1999
Fifth Elephant
Pratchett, Terry
© 2000 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett
But, when I had secured my box-place by to-morrow's coach, and had been down to Mr. Pocket's and back, I was not by any means convinced on the last point, and began to invent reasons and make excuses for putting up at the Blue Boar.
Но после того как я заказал себе место на козлах на завтрашний дилижанс и съездил предупредить мистера Покета, второе из этих положений казалось мне уже не таким бесспорным, и я стал измышлять всяческие предлоги, чтобы переночевать в «Синем Кабане».
Dickens, Charles / Great ExpectationsДиккенс, Чарльз / Большие надежды
Большие надежды
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960
Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles
© 2010 Ignatius Press, San Francisco
When asked by OIOS investigators to explain why it had taken him six months to raise this query to his Bar Association, he gave several excuses.
В ответ на просьбу сотрудников УСВН по расследованиям объяснить, почему ему потребовалось шесть месяцев, чтобы поднять этот вопрос в своей Ассоциации адвокатов, он привел несколько оправданий.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
The girl and Mr. Polly did not meet on every one of those ten days; one was Sunday and she could not come, and on the eighth the school reassembled and she made vague excuses.
Кристабел и мистер Полли не встречались ежедневно в эти десять дней. Один раз Кристабел не могла прийти, потому что было воскресенье, не пришла она и на восьмой день, уклончиво объяснив свое отсутствие тем, что в школе было собрание.
Wells, Herbert George / The History Of Mr PollyУэллс, Герберт / История мистера Полли
История мистера Полли
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
The History Of Mr Polly
Wells, Herbert George
© 1909 by Duffield & Company
With that said, my sword ready, and no more excuses handy, I followed the demon into darkness.
Вот так, держа наготове меч и не тратя больше времени на разговоры, я последовала за демоном во тьму.
Saintcrow, Lilith / Working for the DevilСэйнткроу, Лилит / Контракт с дьяволом
Контракт с дьяволом
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© 2005 by Lilith Saintcrow
© Перевод, С. Теремязева, 2009
© Издание на руском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
Working for the Devil
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2005 by Lilith Saintcrow
Or he may find any number of excuses for not making the attempt—he is too busy, too tired, there is too little time.
Или он отыщет всевозможные оправдания — занят, устал, нет времени, — чтобы не предпринимать подобной попытки.
Horney, Karen / Self-AnalysisХорни, Карен / Самоанализ
Самоанализ
Хорни, Карен
© Боковиков A.M., Старовойтов В.В., перевод, 2001
© ЗАО «Издательство «ЭКСМО-Пресс», 2001
Self-Analysis
Horney, Karen
© 1942 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
© 1970 by Marianne von Eckardt, Renate Mintz, and Brigitte Swarzenski
Hold your tongue; don't make excuses.
Молчи, без отговорок.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
There are no easy excuses.
Здесь не может быть никаких оправданий.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
Last week his understaffers were offering an amazing array of excuses, but their ingenuity finally dried up.”
На прошлой неделе его подчиненные выдали целую коллекцию отговорок, одна другой несуразнее. А теперь, судя по всему, их изобретательность истощилась.
Bujold, Lois McMaster / BarrayarБуджолд, Лоис Макмастер / Барраяр
Барраяр
Буджолд, Лоис Макмастер
© 1991 by Lois McMaster Bujold
© перевод Т.Л. Черезовой, 1996
Barrayar
Bujold, Lois McMaster
© 1991 by Lois McMaster Bujold
Caught, as it were, red-handed I had no chance of being believed if I attributed the mess to a sudden gale, or to rats, or any one of the excuses that had occurred to me.
Пойманный, так сказать, с поличным, я уже не мог свалить все на неожиданный порыв ветра или на крыс или придумать еще какую‑то причину разгрома.
Durrell, Gerald / My family and other animalsДаррелл, Джеральд / Моя семья и другие звери
Моя семья и другие звери
Даррелл, Джеральд
© Издательство "Мир", 1971
My family and other animals
Durrell, Gerald
© Gerald M. Durrell, 1956
© renewed Gerald M. Durrell, 1984

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    excuses

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Collocations

paltry excuses
жалкие оправдания
make excuses
извиняться
make excuses
отнекиваться
excuse of juror
указание судом на обстоятельства, оправдывающие присяжного заседателя в связи с заявленным ему отводом
excuse oneself
извиняться
excused juror
присяжный, освобожденный судом от своих обязанностей
glib excuse
благовидный предлог
lame excuse
неудачная
lame excuse
слабая отговорка
lawful excuse
законное оправдание
legal excuse
обстоятельство, освобождающее по закону от ответственности
reasonable excuse
уважительная причина
satisfactory excuse
достаточная причина для оправдания
unreasonable excuse
неуважительная причина
valid excuse
уважительная причина

Word forms

excuse

verb
Basic forms
Pastexcused
Imperativeexcuse
Present Participle (Participle I)excusing
Past Participle (Participle II)excused
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I excusewe excuse
you excuseyou excuse
he/she/it excusesthey excuse
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am excusingwe are excusing
you are excusingyou are excusing
he/she/it is excusingthey are excusing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have excusedwe have excused
you have excusedyou have excused
he/she/it has excusedthey have excused
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been excusingwe have been excusing
you have been excusingyou have been excusing
he/she/it has been excusingthey have been excusing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I excusedwe excused
you excusedyou excused
he/she/it excusedthey excused
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was excusingwe were excusing
you were excusingyou were excusing
he/she/it was excusingthey were excusing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had excusedwe had excused
you had excusedyou had excused
he/she/it had excusedthey had excused
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been excusingwe had been excusing
you had been excusingyou had been excusing
he/she/it had been excusingthey had been excusing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will excusewe shall/will excuse
you will excuseyou will excuse
he/she/it will excusethey will excuse
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be excusingwe shall/will be excusing
you will be excusingyou will be excusing
he/she/it will be excusingthey will be excusing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have excusedwe shall/will have excused
you will have excusedyou will have excused
he/she/it will have excusedthey will have excused
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been excusingwe shall/will have been excusing
you will have been excusingyou will have been excusing
he/she/it will have been excusingthey will have been excusing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would excusewe should/would excuse
you would excuseyou would excuse
he/she/it would excusethey would excuse
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be excusingwe should/would be excusing
you would be excusingyou would be excusing
he/she/it would be excusingthey would be excusing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have excusedwe should/would have excused
you would have excusedyou would have excused
he/she/it would have excusedthey would have excused
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been excusingwe should/would have been excusing
you would have been excusingyou would have been excusing
he/she/it would have been excusingthey would have been excusing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am excusedwe are excused
you are excusedyou are excused
he/she/it is excusedthey are excused
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being excusedwe are being excused
you are being excusedyou are being excused
he/she/it is being excusedthey are being excused
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been excusedwe have been excused
you have been excusedyou have been excused
he/she/it has been excusedthey have been excused
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was excusedwe were excused
you were excusedyou were excused
he/she/it was excusedthey were excused
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being excusedwe were being excused
you were being excusedyou were being excused
he/she/it was being excusedthey were being excused
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been excusedwe had been excused
you had been excusedyou had been excused
he/she/it had been excusedthey had been excused
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be excusedwe shall/will be excused
you will be excusedyou will be excused
he/she/it will be excusedthey will be excused
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been excusedwe shall/will have been excused
you will have been excusedyou will have been excused
he/she/it will have been excusedthey will have been excused

excuse

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseexcuseexcuses
Possessive caseexcuse'sexcuses'