"account" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

account verbo

verbo + account
Kolokacji: 3
called to account • held to account • fail to account
account + preposición
Kolokacji: 23
account for • account at • account by • account to • account from • ...
account + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 24
together account • alone account • fully account • properly account • partly account • ...
(2) alone, entirely, generally
Kolokacji: 3
(3) fully, easily, well
Kolokacji: 3
2. sufficiently account = wystarczająco konto sufficiently account
3. hardly account = ledwie konto hardly account
  • Superfluity alone, of course, could hardly account for his presence on 12-Upjohn's staff.
  • He withdrew money as he saw fit, hardly ever accounting for it, Mr. Brown said.
  • One can hardly account for the reciprocal hatred which existed between him and Bonaparte.
  • It could hardly account for this glum look, dull eye, lifelessness.
  • Voltages of ten million represent a greatly increased range; still, they could hardly account for the destruction that we witnessed tonight.
  • More than that, he saw one of the silken hangings stir in a way that the lazy breeze could hardly account for.
  • Even if there are 50 billion galaxies they and other inferred matter could hardly account for more than 10 percent of the cosmic mass.
  • Since 1970, when the first installment was published, the series has gathered a fervent and loyal following that mere topicality could hardly account for.
  • Of course, these unfashionable details hardly account for Ms. Stallings's obscurity.
  • Yet this hardly accounts for its enormous importance to us.
(6) payable, receivable
Kolokacji: 2

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