"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. cheap excuse = niewybredne usprawiedliwienie cheap excuse
  • 'It's a cheap excuse, and I can't bear it.'
  • "It's a cheap excuse for cruelty."
  • That leaves us with a good collection of clips, but since we can already watch them in their original episodes, why bother with this cheap excuse for product?
  • "Cynicism is a cheap, phony excuse for inaction," the President said to cheers and whistles.
  • "Oh, now, that's a cheap excuse to stay down here in this sub with all these great-looking men."
  • This 'spellcasting' thing is a cheap excuse.
  • "That's not a cheap excuse," he said.
  • It was not a cheap excuse when he asserted that he was acting in the interest and for the welfare of all mankind.
  • The fringes of this pattern flourished as cheap excuses.
  • If I excuse myself on such flimsy, rotten grounds, then I am a liar or a cowardly fraud and a maker of cheap, normal excuses.
2. stupid excuse = głupie usprawiedliwienie stupid excuse
3. ridiculous excuse = śmieszne usprawiedliwienie ridiculous excuse
4. self-serving excuse = wyrachowane usprawiedliwienie self-serving excuse
preposición + excuse
Kolokacji: 7
of excuses • for an excuse • without excuse • with an excuse • to excuses • ...

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