SORRY


Meaning of SORRY in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , seem , sound

▪ make sb

I'll make you ~ you were ever born!

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

Beth was feeling fairly ~ for them.

▪ awfully , deeply , desperately , dreadfully , genuinely , sincerely , terribly , truly

I'm awfully ~ Jane can't come with us.

I'm terribly ~. I didn't catch your name.

He was sincerely ~ for the distress he had caused.

▪ almost

She was almost ~ to stop work.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

Mitch felt slightly ~ for himself.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

I'm ~ about the noise.

I'm ~ about your mother. I hope she'll soon be better.

▪ for

She is obviously deeply ~ for what she has done.

I feel really ~ for John.

PHRASES

▪ be ~ to disappoint sb

I am ~ to disappoint you.

▪ be ~ to hear about sth/that … 

We were incredibly ~ to hear about his death.

▪ be ~ to interrupt (sb/sth)

▪ better safe than ~

Sorry is used with these nouns: ↑ affair , ↑ business , ↑ excuse , ↑ plight , ↑ record , ↑ saga , ↑ sight , ↑ spectacle , ↑ state , ↑ story , ↑ tale

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .