Explaining

  1. Can you explain . . .
  2. Can you tell me why . . .
  3. Why . . .
  4. What happened . . .
  5. Well, . . .
  6. Let me explain.
  7. Let me tell you why . . .
  8. Here’s what happened:
  9. There’s a (good) reason for this:
  10. The reason is . . .
  11. I’m sorry. I can’t tell you that (right now).
  12. Can I get back to you on that?
  13. I’ll explain (a little) later.
  14. We’ll come to that later.
  15. We’ll get to that in a few minutes.
  16. Can we save that until later?

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