Except meaning in English

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Definition

except (for): excluding, aside or apart (from), not including adjective
I like all food except potatoes.

Examples

  • "You got millions of dollars and you do nothing for nobody except yourself, man."
  • "I'm showing that everybody died, except one baby."
  • "Except that he doesn't like vegetables."
  • "Jean : Everyone is busy except you."
  • "Phillip : Personally I wouldn't want to smell like a woman, except maybe after sleeping with her."
  • "Except that you were always trying to kiss me."
  • "Philip : Exactly, except for that first part."
  • "Except for being American."
  • "and Higgins, except I don't have a moustache!"
  • "Bruno's dad : Well, son, it's just like America, except the food and wine are better."
  • "Except it keeps repeating "tell me about your mother" over and over again – I think it's stuck or something."
  • "He's refusing to eat his food - he won't touch anything except Scottish smoked salmon."
  • "My planet is perfect, except that we don't have jokes."
  • "I went over the agreement very thoroughly and you seem to be secure when it comes to all of the shareholders... except one."
  • "We speak your language, except for the vowels"
  • "Bruno : Except give you hundreds of thousands of dollars!"
  • "In fact, everything was perfect except for the flight."
  • "I'd just like to remind everyone that I organised a picnic this weekend, and I didn't see any of your faces there, except for Icarus and his mother."
Exercise 1
"...Mayor Flimshaw expects a representative from the Delavigne Corp to be there, namely me".
Choose the word from the list below which shares a close meaning with "namely".

"...Mayor Flimshaw expects a representative from the Delavigne Corp to be there, namely me".
Choose the word from the list below which shares a close meaning with "namely".
"Except" is not a synonym for "namely".
"Called" is not a synonym for "namely".
"Especially" is not a synonym for "namely".
"Specifically" is synonym for "namely". Bruno is expressing that someone is required to represent the Delavigne Corporation at the mayor's event, and the person expected to come is Bruno himself.
Exercise 2
Which of the following phrases best completes this statement:

"I'm going to approve your budget proposal..."

Which of the following phrases best completes this statement:

"I'm going to approve your budget proposal..."
Because Susie is currently in negotiations with Ms. Bümbüm's agent, we know that Ms. Bümbüm has not yet signed a contract, therefore Bruno will not give Susie his approval as a result of Bümbüm signing the contract.
This is the best choice here. Bruno says he will approve Susie's proposal "provided that" Ms. Bümbüm signs the contract. This means that Bruno will approve the deal if or on the condition that Ivana signs.
Bruno is unsure that Ms. Bümbüm will sign the contract, so he is not approving Susie's budget proposal because Ivana has signed the contract.
This is not the best choice. This phase means that Bruno will give Susie's budget proposal approval unless Ms. Bümbüm signs the contract. Bruno says just the opposite: He will approve the budget proposal only if Ms. Bümbüm signs.

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