What is the meaning of regret?
1 : sadness or disappointment caused especially by something beyond a person’s control I recall my harsh words with much regret. 2 : an expression of sorrow or disappointment. 3 regrets plural : a note politely refusing to accept an invitation I send my regrets.
How do you say regret in English?
Expressing Regret in English
- I wish/If only + Past perfect. I wish I had come to your party! I wish I had worked harder. If only I hadn’t eaten so much.
- I should have (not) + Past Participle. I should have come to your party. I should have worked harder.
- I regret +Noun/V-ing. I regret not coming to your party. I regret not working harder.
Is the T silent in exactly?
In practice, yes it is virtually silent unless one makes a special effort to pronounce it. When we have a consonant cluster here /ktl/ one sound is often not heard. The linguistice term for it is “dissimilation”.
Why is the L silent in Almond?
A: The “l” in “almond” was silent until very recently. Interestingly, the “l” didn’t appear in the first syllable of amandola, the medieval Latin word from which “almond” was derived, or in the earlier Latin amygdala, or in the still earlier Greek amygdale.