Except meaning in English
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Definition
except (for): excluding, aside or apart (from), not including
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."
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