"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
(12) mere, elaborate
Kolokacji: 2
(13) ready-made, tired
Kolokacji: 2
(14) phony, trumped-up
Kolokacji: 2
(15) welcome, favorite
Kolokacji: 2
1. welcome excuse = mile widziane usprawiedliwienie welcome excuse
2. favorite excuse = usprawiedliwienie ulubieńca favorite excuse
  • "You already told me you aren't going out with the good doctor, and that's your favorite excuse."
  • A favorite excuse for everything that went wrong was, "Oh, you know how the mails are these days."
  • During races, Landis cataloged riders and their favorite excuses.
  • Schroyer and the other group leaders stress that when the violence does erupt, contrary to a batterer's favorite excuse, he has not lost control.
  • Another favorite excuse was an incompetent co-worker he couldn't bear to be around.
  • Family," I told them, "call me chicken, to use Zeb's favorite excuse.
  • America's favorite excuse may be: "A healthy life isn't really any longer.
  • When confronted with evidence of errors or bias, Wikipedians invoke a favorite excuse: look how often the mainstream media, and the traditional encyclopedia, are wrong!
  • Some favorite excuses: computer failure, leaving a paper at home and the death of a grandmother.
  • It was Weber's favorite excuse.
preposición + excuse
Kolokacji: 7
of excuses • for an excuse • without excuse • with an excuse • to excuses • ...

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