Could I be excused?

Would you give me permission to leave?; Would you give me permission to leave the table? (Also used with can or may in place of could.) Bill: I'm finished, Mom. Could I be excused? Mother: Yes, of course, when you use good manners like that.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leia	LAY-a (Popular Culture)	Biblical Greek, Popular Culture
Issac	IE-zək	English
Payne	[pein]
Belshatzzar	-	Biblical Hebrew
Katarina	kah-tah-REE-nah (German, Swedish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Kauko	KOW-ko	Finnish