"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
1. perfect excuse = doskonałe usprawiedliwienie perfect excuse
2. fine excuse = wyważone usprawiedliwienie fine excuse
  • "The Bosnian Government has given them a fine excuse."
  • It might, in fact, be a fine excuse to leave government service.
  • It was a fine excuse to get them together again.
  • The discussion proved a fine excuse, if any were needed, to feature a Shakespeare sonnet this week.
  • It's a fine excuse to tear the whole lot down, and build again.
  • And this hawking party would provide a particularly fine excuse for it.
  • You don't for a moment think we'd pass up such a fine excuse to have at least a little celebration, do you?
  • If nothing else, it would provide him with a fine excuse to see her, pass the time of day.
  • "A fine excuse for a lazy layabout who doesn't want to work more than he has to!"
  • "And that will provide you with a fine excuse to run off hunting elephants."
3. vague excuse = niejednoznaczne usprawiedliwienie vague excuse
4. transparent excuse = jasne usprawiedliwienie transparent excuse
(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
preposición + excuse
Kolokacji: 7
of excuses • for an excuse • without excuse • with an excuse • to excuses • ...

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