There are a lot of situations in life we do not understand what the other person said.
So you want the other person to repeat the information.
By the virtue of human tendency.
People tend to use just one word that comes to their mind very casually and
that is what?? ladies and gentlemen, this is what today's session is
about.
This very word.
What No matter how the intonation in which you say it is very rude.
In today's session we will understand how to ask people to repeat in english
politely.
The first one in the list is Wazzat was that is all
about.
What is that?
It is a contracted form of what is that?
Which implies the other person to repeat the information.
It's not blunt what it is.
Was that if you say this one with a smile I think that would add ultra
charm to the way you say it.
For example person A. says - I think we need to talk but
be did not understand because there was a lot of music in the background so he says I'm sorry Wazzat.
that the music is quite loud.
Next one is ~ Wazzat I'm driving and there's a lot of noise pollution.
That means possibly the person is in the middle of the road and a lot of people are honking a
lot of noise pollution can understand.
So the person says sorry Wazzat, could you repeat?
This was the first expression to ask the other person to repeat politely.
Let us look at the next one in the list.
The next one is make neither head nor tail.
I did not understand.
Could you repeat you are not saying could you repeat as such?
But you're implying it with the use of this expression for example,
I'm sorry there was a loud announcement.
I could neither make head nor tail for what you just said.
That means possibly I'm at the airport and I couldn't understand what you said.
Can you repeat once again?
There was an announcement in the background so I could make neither head nor tail.
I could not understand Next one.
Hey, the mic was off could make neither head nor tail to what you just said.
There are a lot of zoom meetings going on currently and a lot of google meets as well
online train going on for example, let's talk has a lot of online communication
training going on as well.
Sometimes people don't understand what the other person said because it's online.
So they say, hey, I could neither make head nor tail come again.
So in this situation you can make use of make neither head nor tail.
The next one that we have in the list of polite expressions for repeating is
it's greek to me, imagine I speak four languages, but
greek is one of the languages that I don't understand.
So if you also do not understand something because possibly the person
said something fast, et cetera.
In that situation you can say, I'm sorry.
It's greek to me for example?
Excuse me.
It was all greek to me.
I did not understand anything.
Could you make that simple to understand the next one is I tried explaining
grandpa how to use a smartphone but it was all great to him.
That means I tried my level best to help my grandfather understand how to make
use of technology but he could not understand anything.
So possibly the grandpa can't say in return sorry, harden.
It is all greek to me.
Come again.
Please explain again.
This was all about.
It's all greek to me.
Let's look at the next one.
As clear as mud.
Imagine I take this watch and put it in mud
and there's a lot of water.
The color of the mud is same as that of the watch as well for that matter.
Would you be able to see the see the watch in the mud, you would not be able
to So when things are unclear to you, when you have not understood the thing and
you want the other person to repeat it, you can use this polite expression which says it
was as clear as mud.
Could you please say that again Instead of saying, I did not understand, you can say it was
as clear as mud for example.
His instructions were as clear as mud.
That means I could not understand any of that even even a bit.
Can anyone help?
Let's look at the next example.
Riaz directions are as clear as mud need to add.
Ah here are as clear as mud.
Open the map on your phone.
Ria is one of my good friends and her ability to tell directions.
Redon you've got to go right and the left etcetera.
She's very weak at that.
So I do not trust her when it comes to giving expression directions and I say
it is as clear as mud.
It's rather good that I use google maps in that situation.
The next one that we have in the list is could you run that by me again?
One of my favorite ones and I'm gonna be putting a star at it.
It says could you run that by me when you said say run that by me.
That means repeat one more time.
Run that by me means to repeat some something for example,
I missed the last slide in your presentation.
Could you run that by me again?
That means could you repeat and help me understand that.
Once again the last slide that you just delivered and presented.
Could you quickly run by me?
The changes you made in your essay again possibly A teacher is talking to one
of the students about the final draft that the students and the teacher is saying, could
you help me understand once again quickly.
What are the changes that you have made in that?
Could you make me understand that?
So the person is asking to repeat again and that with a very interesting
phrase politely.
The next one that we have on the list is sorry I didn't catch that didn't catch
here does not mean that I didn't catch the ball.
It means I did not understand for example, sorry I didn't catch that.
You said take a left after the red light right.
The person is checking on the directions and making use of it.
This is one of the formal phrases that you can make use of at work place.
So if you think that you do not
understand something especially in a meeting, feel free to make use of this particular uh
phrase.
The next one is sorry I didn't catch that.
How long do I need to charge these earplugs to run the whole day?
The person possibly does not know a little bit about the new air phones that the
person has purchased.
So the person says I want to know how long will the battery last for,
How long do I need to charge them for?
So I didn't catch that.
The next one that we have is I beg your pardon one of the most
interesting ones that we have in the list today I beg your pardon
means I am sorry and can be used in a lot of situations,
not just to repeat something but since the theme of the session is repeating, asking
the other person to repeat politely.
You can make use of I beg your pardon as well.
So the intonation goes like this, I beg your pardon one more time.
I beg your pardon for example, the waiter could not understand
and kept repeating, beg your pardon.
Every time I named a dish, the next one is oh I beg your pardon,
I thought you said 15 repeats, not 50 happens quite commonly with all of
us is at 15 or 50.
Is it 16 or 60 in such situation?
We can say I beg your pardon, Could she come again?
Next one that we have is sorry, I couldn't follow.
You follow does not mean chasing the person wherever the person goes.
Follow means I could not follow what you were trying to say.
I could not understand what you were trying to say.
You're using sorry to apologize and mentioning this politely that I could
not understand what you said for example, sorry, I couldn't follow you.
What's the point you're making here?
That means you you've been talking for a very, very long time but I'm sorry,
I don't understand.
What are you trying to say here?
I didn't follow you.
Next one is sorry, I couldn't follow you.
Is that a yes or no?
Possibly a person is proposing to the other person?
And the answer is quite not
understandable.
So the person says what is it?
Is it a yes or no?
I didn't follow you in such situation?
Go ahead with this one.
The next one is please come again shot crisp,
not casual and definitely not super duper formal as well goes in all
the situations please come again come again does not mean enter the room or
enter the hall means please repeat.
For example I could barely hear you because of the background noise.
Please come again.
The next one that we have is please come again.
I couldn't hear the last sentence.
Can you say?
What what were you trying to say?
I could not hear the last sentence please come again one more time please.
Similar to the last one.
Easy busy one this time not making use of any idiom here.
Very simple for example one more time please.
The internet connection is quite weak.
There's an online meeting that's going on so the person says sorry internet connection was week one more time
please.
Next one.
I'm sorry one more time please.
What you just said was too fast for me it was very fast to understand
one more time please.
The next idiom that we have on the list is do you mind repeating that
important information here whenever you use the word use the phrase
sentence structure.
Do you mind always use I.
N. G.
With the next word.
Do you mind repeat?
Do you mind repeating that for example do you mind repeating some of these
instructions on the packet loudly.
Next one.
Do you mind repeating that ma'am?
I was a bit late for the class.
It is not match.
Um It is ma'am madam.
Could you please repeat what you said in the class before?
This was all about the polite phrases that you can make use of to
ask the other person to repeat politely what they just said and you do not understand
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