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to apologize ☊ cáo lôi ☊
道歉 → ☊ dao4qian4 to apologize ☊ Xin lỗi ☊
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GBENDE: 道歉 to apologize sich entschuldigen
ENDE: to apologize sich entschuldigen
like: to apologize → →
The best thing to do would be to apologize. ☊ best ☊
You'd think he'd have the common courtesy to apologize (= this would be the polite behaviour that people would expect). ☊ common ☊
I felt (that) I had to apologize. ☊ feel ☊
She hurried after Gary to apologize to him. ☊ hurry ☊
We would like to apologize for the delay. ☊ like ☊
He regretted the lost (= wasted) opportunity to apologize to her. ☊ lost ☊
They ought to apologize. ☊ ought to ☊
The best thing to do is to apologize. ☊ thing ☊