王毅：中国大陆地区唯一雅思总分满分得主，新航道英语测试研究中心主任，北京新航道学校雅思阅读主讲
EXPRESSIONSFOR WHEN YOU DIDN’T HEAR WHAT WAS SAID
If you didn’t hear clearly what was said,and you want the speaker to repeat you can use the expressions in the followinglist. Many of them are the same expressions used to say I don’t understand。
These expressions are polite and moreformal:
Excuseme?
Pardonme?
Sorry?
Comeagain?
The following expressions are informal, and
Huh? And Say what? can be considered too casual or rude:
Huh?
How’sthat?
What’sthat?
Say(that) again?
Saywhat?
Note: when a personuses on the these expressions, generally it’s clear whether the person didn’tunderstand or didn’t hear. But if it’s not clear, speaker might say, “Did younot understand or just not hear me?”
The two following expressions are only usedwhen one didn’t hear what was said. In this context catch means hear。
Ididn’t catch that。
Ididn’t catch what you said。
