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What should you say in English after an embarrassing moment?
That's exactly what I'm going to teach you today so that you can handle these situations with confidence.
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Our first embarrassing situation is if you make a bodily noise.
For example, if you burp, fart, cough, or sneeze, then you should simply say, excuse me.
When someone else does this and says excuse me, no response is necessary.
The most polite thing is simply to pretend it didn't happen and continue the conversation.
The only exception is when someone else sneezes, it's polite to say bless you,
or God bless you, and then the person who sneezed would reply with thanks.
If you drop, spill, or break something,
The common exclamation used for minor accidents is oops or whoops.
You can also say, I'm so clumsy.
This means you tend to be physically uncoordinated.