"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

1. lame excuse = kiepska wymówka lame excuse

2. flimsy excuse = usprawiedliwienie peluru flimsy excuse

3. slight excuse = lekkie usprawiedliwienie slight excuse

4. feeble excuse = nieprzekonujące usprawiedliwienie feeble excuse

Yes, those would tell you; that feeble excuse for a diplomat we call an ambassador certainly couldn't.
"That's just a feeble excuse to provide weak support for an evil man."
I made up some feeble excuse and sent him away.
Why not sack the people who make this feeble excuse for a comedy?
I offer some feeble excuse about cameras in the corridor.
It would be a feeble excuse if his guesses were wrong.
But anyone wise to the sea knew it was a feeble excuse at best.
I make feeble excuses about having to write a column.
Any more feeble excuses to try on me before we leave?
I agree, a feeble excuse, but not a very prominent one for those serious about discussing the issues.

5. weak excuse = nieprzekonująca wymówka weak excuse

(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

preposición + excuse

Kolokacji: 7

of excuses • for an excuse • without excuse • with an excuse • to excuses • ...

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