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French Business Letters - Correspondance commerciale

Expressing Regret

Je suis au regret de vous 
J'ai le regret de vous
Je regrette de vous
faire savoir que..
informer que...
I'm sorry to inform you that...
Je suis malheureusement dans l'impossibilité de...
Il m'est malheureusement impossible de...
Unfortunately, it is impossible for me to...
Je ne suis pas, à l'heure actuelle, en mesure de... I don't currently have time to...
Je suis dans la pénible obligation de... I have the tiresome obligation to...
Je vous prie de m'excuser de/pour...  Please forgive me for...
Je regrette vivement de ne pas pouvoir... I'm very sorry that I cannot...
Veuillez m'excuser de répondre avec tant de retard... Please excuse my delayed response...

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