Sorry to interrupt, but can I ask you something quickly?

To "interrupt" someone is to make them stop doing what they are doing. You can interrupt people while they are: ... You usually follow the word "interrupt" by ... ImportantEnglishProverbs FreeEnglishFluencyQuiz​ LearnEnglishPhrases Search FreeStuff Lessons SampleAudio SampleDownload LearningEnglish Login SearchPhraseMix RecommendedPages: HowtolearnEnglish Acooltrickformemorizingsentences Don'tjustlearn.Overlearn. The3biggestimprovementsyoucanmaketoyourEnglishwriting ThekeytounderstandingnaturalspokenEnglish 5stepstoachievingyourNewYear'sresolutions 8reasonswhyyourEnglishisn'timproving HowyourbrainlearnsEnglish(andhowitdoesn't) Infographic:Howmanywordsdoyou'need'? Theproblemwithlanguagelearning"levels" WheredoIstart? Nevertellyourselfthatyou"know"anEnglishwordorphrase. Howtomemorizethephrases WhyMemorize?Mytheoryof"hookphrases" Lessons Sorrytointerrupt,butcanIaskyou... “Sorrytointerrupt,butcanIaskyousomethingquickly?” Youneedtoaskyourbossanimportantquestion,soyougotohisoffice.He'stypingsomethingonthecomputer.Politely,yousaythis. Sorrytointerrupt,butcanIaskyousomethingquickly? WantVideoandSound?FollowusonYouTube Audiofilesareavailableto PhraseMix Premium members. Listentomorethan2,000audio lessons! JoinPhraseMix Premium! PhraseMixisthebestwaytolearnEnglishquickly,andlisteningtotheaudiolessonsisthebestwaytoenjoyPhraseMix. BecomeaPhraseMixPremiummembertoreadthousandsofEnglishlessonsandarticles,downloadhigh-qualityaudio,anduseouramazingreviewsystem! JoinPhraseMix» Alreadyamember?Login Email Password Forgotpassword? Sorryto(dosomething),but(sentence) Whenyouwanttodosomethingthatyouthinkmightannoypeople,butyouneedtodoitanyway,yousay"Sorryto___".Forexample: Sorrytosaythis,butIdon'tthinkthat'saverygoodidea. Sorrytoleaveearly,butIhavetogoandpickmysonupfromschool. Ifyouwanttobemoreformal,yousay: I'msorrytointerrupt,butmayIaskyousomethingquickly? interrupt(someone) To"interrupt"someoneistomakethemstopdoingwhattheyaredoing.Youcaninterruptpeoplewhiletheyare: talkingtosomeone(interruptsomeone'sconversation) thinkingaboutsomething(interruptsomeone'strainofthought) writingsomething(interruptsomeonewhilethey'rewriting) watchingTV(interruptsomeone'sshow) Youusuallyfollowtheword"interrupt"bytellingwhoyou'reinterrupting: Sorryforinterruptingyou. Butyoucanalsoleaveitonitsown: Ihate tointerrupt,butcanIspeaktoyouprivatelyforaminute? CanIaskyousomething? Whenyouneedtoasksomeoneaquestionthat'simportant,complicated,ormightmakethemupset,youfirstask: CanIaskyousomething? Or: CanIaskyouaquestion? Ofcourse,thisisalreadyaquestion,sosometimeswhenyouasksomeone"CanIaskyouaquestion?"theywillrespond: Youjustdid! Thisissupposedtobeajoke.Doyougetthejoke? apologizing interruptingsomeone askingforpermission askingaquestion atwork 日本語 sorry   PrintthisLesson «NextLesson“I'mupforanything.” PreviousLesson»“Holdon—youmightbeabletorecoverit.” FeaturedArticles Two,Too,To–CommonMistakesinEnglishasaSecondLanguage(ESL) HowtheBenefitsofTutoringtoLearnaLanguageOutweighThoseoftheClassroomEnvironment 50moreofthemostimportantEnglishproverbs Cliché RecentComments MoreComments» FollowPhraseMix Twitter Facebook AboutPhraseMix AboutPhraseMix TermsofService PrivacyPolicy PhraseMixPremium SubscriptionPricing Join LogIn Lessons LatestLessons LessonCategories LessonIndex Communicate Discussions ContactUs Advertise WriteforUs Copyright© 2022 ,Allrightsreserved.