"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. poor excuse = marna wymówka poor excuse
2. pathetic excuse = żałosne usprawiedliwienie pathetic excuse
3. miserable excuse = nieszczęśliwe usprawiedliwienie miserable excuse
  • Where is that miserable little excuse for a human being?
  • Give them to me, and perhaps we won't destroy this miserable excuse for a city.
  • He knew he was a miserable excuse for a father.
  • Eric knew why Juilliard had such a miserable excuse for a teacher on its staff this year.
  • "Has the sea salt rotted your miserable excuse for a brain?"
  • What kind of a miserable excuse for a Healer have you got here, anyway?
  • Unless you want to spend the rest of your lives on this miserable excuse for a planet!
  • He was a miserable excuse for a human being, involved in running guns and God knows what else.
  • "Do you mean to tell me this miserable excuse for a performance space doesn't even have a dressing room?"
  • His expression said she had just made a miserable excuse for a joke.
4. pitiful excuse = żałosne usprawiedliwienie pitiful 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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