Except:
preposition
1.with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but:
They were all there except me.
conjunction
2.only; with the exception (usually followed by that):
parallel cases except that one is younger than the other.
3.otherwise than; but (followed by an adv., phrase, or clause):
well fortified except here.
4.Archaic. unless.
Idioms
5.except for, if it were not for:
She would travel more except for lack of money.
Accept:
verb (used with object)1.to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:to accept a present; to accept a proposal.
2.to agree or consent to; accede to:to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.
3.to respond or answer affirmatively to:to accept an invitation.
4.to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors,etc., of:to accept the office of president.
5.to receive or admit formally, as to a college orclub.
6.to accommodate or reconcile oneself to:to accept the situation.
7.to regard as true or sound; believe:to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism.
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verb (used without object)14.to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc.(sometimes followed by of).