"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. sufficient excuse = wystarczające usprawiedliwienie sufficient excuse
2. adequate excuse = należyte usprawiedliwienie adequate excuse
  • If he missed a performance with no adequate excuse, the fine rose to one pound (£1).
  • Lorgh had no sons of his own, so that would provide an adequate excuse for this step.
  • "But competition is not going to be an adequate excuse if elements of this story turn out to be wrong."
  • But a mother's illness is not normally considered an adequate excuse for turning up late on military service.
  • 'Pressure of work,' he says, as that's an adequate excuse.
  • The arrival of our sons gave me an adequate excuse for a home computer.
  • But when the life and character of Israel are at stake, those are not adequate excuses.
  • None of these reasons provides an adequate excuse for leaving an important ingredient like behaviour to chance.
  • I know that's not an adequate excuse, but I offer it as an explanation.
  • His tone made it clear that he did not consider being troubled an adequate excuse.
3. ample excuse = dostateczne usprawiedliwienie ample excuse
4. decent excuse = przyzwoite usprawiedliwienie decent 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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