Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 341
Speak Better English with Harry
Do You Mind if I Butt In?
When we but in, we interrupt. We can say to somebody, do you mind if i but in here? And e, sit down. If you're not talking with something private, yes, sure. Pull up a seat. So you butt in very carefully and very considerately and very politelye. The americans have another expression, which is to butt out. When they don't want you to be there, or they don’t want you to part the conversation,. They say, look, just but out, meaning, go away and leave us alone. To but in and to but out to overhear. Well, when we overhear something, we are sitting in
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