"excuse" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

excuse sustantivo

excuse + verbo
Kolokacji: 3
excuse says • excuse sounds • excuse makes
verbo + excuse
Kolokacji: 13
make excuses • find an excuse • give an excuse • offer an excuse • use the excuse • ...
adjetivo + excuse
Kolokacji: 61
good excuse • perfect excuse • poor excuse • only excuse • lame excuse • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
1. good excuse = dobre wytłumaczenie, dobra wymówka good excuse
2. great excuse = wielkie usprawiedliwienie great excuse
3. sorry excuse = żałosne usprawiedliwienie sorry excuse
4. acceptable excuse = dopuszczalne usprawiedliwienie acceptable excuse
5. excellent excuse = doskonałe usprawiedliwienie excellent excuse
6. better excuse = lepsze usprawiedliwienie better excuse
7. far excuse = daleko usprawiedliwienie far excuse
8. sad excuse = smutne usprawiedliwienie sad excuse
9. best excuse = najlepsze usprawiedliwienie best excuse
  • That was the best excuse Larssen could come up with on the spur of the moment.
  • What is your best excuse for a motorway policeman who has just caught you speeding?
  • I also think Kraiklyn's the best excuse for a leader we've got on the ship or are likely to get, and he knows that.
  • Weddings have seemingly always been the best excuse for adornment.
  • The best excuse for not analyzing your website just went away.
  • You have to wonder whether they were just digging into this big barrel, bringing out whatever was the best excuse for the moment.
  • He had cited religious differences, but only as the best excuse.
  • Monkey's best excuse for not turning up to the festival?
  • Even Dean who had the best excuse of all.
  • It's the best excuse for having him up here.
(4) only, easy, ready
Kolokacji: 3
(6) convenient, handy, suitable
Kolokacji: 3
(8) plausible, convincing, glib
Kolokacji: 3
(12) mere, elaborate
Kolokacji: 2
(13) ready-made, tired
Kolokacji: 2
(14) phony, trumped-up
Kolokacji: 2
(15) welcome, favorite
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + excuse
Kolokacji: 7
of excuses • for an excuse • without excuse • with an excuse • to excuses • ...

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