ae 101 interruptions

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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 7th

Edition

Interruption /ntrpn/1.the act of interrupting sb/sth and of

stopping them from speaking.

1. He ignored her interruptions.2.she spoke for 20 minutes withoutinterruption.


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Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced

Learners 2nd EditionInterruption /ntrpn/1. something that someone says or does that stops someone else

when they are speaking or concentrating on something.(He carried on, ignoring interruptions from the defence lawyer.)

1. the act of stopping something for a period of time.

(The state is experiencing increasing interruptions to its power

supplies.)

1. a time during which something interrupts a process or activity.(The programme started again after a two-year interruption.)


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INTERRUPTION synonym ofdisturb

Something that temporarily stops an activity andsituation OR a time when an activity is stop.

= disturb a person who is doing something or talkingto somebody. We do this to ask an important question,or to give an important message.


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When do we use interruptionsJoin a conversation

Give an opinion

Give an important messageAsk an important question

Take a leave

Say something to a busy person

Disagree


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Interrupting Actually By the way

Excuse me Excuse me, but . Excuse me but that reminds me . Im sorry, but Sorry to interrupt, but . I just want to say Thats all very interesting but .

May I interrupt here? Do you mind if I say something? Can I just say something here ? Can I come in here? Could I just comment on that? Excuse me, may I interrupt ? Im sorry but I have to interrupt you here. Im afraid Ive got to interrupt you here. Im sorry but I have something important to tell you. Im afraid Ive got something important to tell you.


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To interrupt Excuse me, can you please repeat what you have just said?

Excuse me, can you please clarify that?

Excuse me, can I say something?

Allow me to interrupt..

May I add something here?

Sorry to interrupt but I have to say this

Excuse me, could I just ask you a quick question?

Excuse me, but isnt true that?

I am sorry but I think we need to get back to the topic.

I am sorry I have to stop you from continuing, can we return to our topic?

I am sorry to interrupt, your observation is not connected to our discussion.Shall we get back to ?

I am sorry I dont see the relevance of your point. Lets get back to our topicon

Getting back to the original point mentioned earlier


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InterruptingIf you would like to add on, agree or disagree to a point, usethese phrases to interrupt politely.

Excuse me, can I also add that smoking can also causeaddiction problem?

Pardon me, could you elaborate on how we can ?

Sorry to interrupt, but I dont see how you blame

May I interrupt (for a minute)?

Can, I add something here?

I dont mean to intrude, but why do we keep pushing theproblem to the school heads ?

Could I inject something here?

Do you mind if I jump in here to suggest that we canovercome that problem by ?


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Dealing with interruption Sorry, can you let me finish ?

Just a minute, I need to say that


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Interrupting somebody who is talking

We use the word interrupt:

Im sorry to interrupt you but we have to go now.

May I interrupt you for a moment?


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Joining the conversation If you want to join to interrupt you, but we can

interrupt like this:

Excuse me. I couldnt help overhearing what you weresaying.

This means I heard your words by accident

Excuse me. I couldnt help overhearing what you were

saying about your problem with the telephone bill. Ithink I can help you.

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