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 <html> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Use</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>To be more polite, especially when talking to a stranger or someone we don't know well.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Excuse me, do you know which platform<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> I need </span>for trains to Birmingham?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Can you tell me whether <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it's</span> quicker to go by bus or train?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>When we don't know if the person we're asking has the information we need.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Do you know if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">there's </span>a team meeting this week?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80); mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did you find out when<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> the parts will </span>arrive?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3; ;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>When there are simply two questions involved.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did anyone ask whether <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it's</span> OK for us to leave early?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did you notice if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Frank was </span>in his office?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p><strong> <br></strong> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>we often begin with 'Excuse me' when approaching a stranger or interrupting someone to ask a question. We might also add 'please' at the end.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'></span></b><br></p></html> <html> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Use</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>To be more polite, especially when talking to a stranger or someone we don't know well.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Excuse me, do you know which platform<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> I need </span>for trains to Birmingham?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Can you tell me whether <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it's</span> quicker to go by bus or train?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>When we don't know if the person we're asking has the information we need.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Do you know if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">there's </span>a team meeting this week?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80); mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did you find out when<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> the parts will </span>arrive?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3; ;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>When there are simply two questions involved.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did anyone ask whether <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it's</span> OK for us to leave early?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did you notice if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Frank was </span>in his office?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p><strong> <br></strong> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>we often begin with 'Excuse me' when approaching a stranger or interrupting someone to ask a question. 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