"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 7

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 16

(1) good, great, sorry, acceptable, excellent, ...

Kolokacji: 9

(2) perfect, fine, vague, transparent

Kolokacji: 4

(3) poor, pathetic, miserable, pitiful

Kolokacji: 4

(4) only, easy, ready

Kolokacji: 3

(5) lame, flimsy, slight, feeble, weak

Kolokacji: 5

(6) convenient, handy, suitable

Kolokacji: 3

(7) reasonable, legitimate, valid, official, lawful, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(8) plausible, convincing, glib

Kolokacji: 3

(9) possible, old, built-in, real

Kolokacji: 4

(10) usual, polite, common, standard

Kolokacji: 4

(11) sufficient, ample, adequate, decent

Kolokacji: 4

(12) mere, elaborate

Kolokacji: 2

(13) ready-made, tired

Kolokacji: 2

(14) phony, trumped-up

Kolokacji: 2

(15) welcome, favorite

Kolokacji: 2

(16) cheap, stupid, self-serving, ridiculous

Kolokacji: 4

1. cheap excuse = niewybredne usprawiedliwienie cheap excuse

2. stupid excuse = głupie usprawiedliwienie stupid excuse

That sounded like a stupid excuse even to Elspeth.
He had even risked testing Khitar's resolve with that stupid excuse about the double-random signal, and he had been proved right.
As stupid lame excuses went, it wasn't actually a bad one.
At least you aren't making stupid excuses, although it seems you made some stupid, or at least unwise decisions.
What would a foreigner think of such a stupid excuse?
Which had been a stupid excuse to involve his people in a dangerous situation.
So far as I can tell the only things manufactured in the US are stupid excuses for pointless wars!
It is a stupid excuse to hold Somaliland hostage.
'Then stop making up stupid excuses.'
In addition Mrs. Maritas said she could not do anything and we should solve this problem by our own and many other stupid excuses!

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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