excuse, evasion

even if one says

to be late, to be tardy / to become late, to fall behind

to be late

lateness, late coming

an electric multiple unit train

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)