"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
  • Don't let her give you any of the usual excuses.
  • Came back with all her usual excuses for returning.
  • They shook hands while he made the usual civil excuses for disturbing her.
  • Oh, he had come out with all the usual male excuses.
  • Go into my bathroom, usual excuse, and look around.
  • "To relax" is the usual excuse, but sometimes there is almost no choice.
  • "We are hearing the usual excuse of wanting more and more money," he said.
  • Greedy trial lawyers were the usual excuse for premium increases.
  • The usual excuse is that drug users use it to shoot up.
  • Do you remember making all the usual excuses about being overweight?
2. common excuse = wspólne usprawiedliwienie common excuse
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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