"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
(4) only, easy, ready
Kolokacji: 3
(6) convenient, handy, suitable
Kolokacji: 3
(8) plausible, convincing, glib
Kolokacji: 3
1. usual excuse = zwykłe usprawiedliwienie usual excuse
2. common excuse = wspólne usprawiedliwienie common excuse
  • The most common excuse is, 'I left my invitation in the car.'
  • "Greed and lust for power are the most common excuses for fighting," mused Kirk.
  • Another common excuse is a fear that the X-ray examination itself might be harmful.
  • Claims of politicization - a common excuse for inaction - have prevented the organization from making all the changes it should.
  • One of the most common excuses is lack of time.
  • Those are the most common excuses now.
  • "It was an accident" is the most common excuse.
  • A common excuse among Atkinson's clients is that they're too tired to exercise, he says.
  • The common excuse for excluding black dancers from classical ballet companies has been that their bodies are unsuited to the art form.
  • "The code isn't good enough quality" is easily the most common excuse that developers use to justify not open-sourcing some project.
3. polite excuse = grzeczne usprawiedliwienie polite excuse
4. standard excuse = typowe usprawiedliwienie standard excuse
(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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