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ЕСЛИ ПОЗВОЛИТЕ these forms only sent adv (parenth) fixed WO

used to add politeness to a statement of intention and, at the same time, request the interlocutor's consent

if you don't mind

if it (that) would be all right if I may if you'll permit (allow) me.

Я, если позволите, позвоню в Москву. I'm going to call Moscow, if that would be all right.

«Много, много испытал я на своём веку. Вот, например, если позволите, я вам расскажу любопытный эпизод чумы в Бессарабии» (Тургенев 2). "I have had many, many experiences in my life. For example, if you will allow me, I will tell you a curious episode of the plague in Bessarabia" (2b).