"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
3. ample excuse = dostateczne usprawiedliwienie ample excuse
  • For which they, had ample excuse.
  • That in itself was ample excuse for the existence of his dive.
  • Coyle still found ample excuses to be absent from home in the evenings without arousing Jane's suspicions.
  • I must have overslept but there was ample excuse for it.
  • This whole thing about your son is not an ample excuse for you being gone as long as you were.
  • They had certainly quarreled enough since he had arrived to provide ample excuse for his ill humor.
  • A good food festival providing ample excuse to sample real ales.
  • That irritated him, though he'd certainly had ample excuse, but he was back on balance now, and he sized her up carefully.
  • The rains pounded the area for a week, providing him ample excuse.
  • The killings gave the congress ample excuse to withdraw from negotiations that were bogged down anyway, and to put the onus on Mr. de Klerk.
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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