"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

5. weak excuse = nieprzekonująca wymówka weak excuse

It was a weak excuse but she made no comment.
The weak excuse that Lewis was doing it, too?
He makes some weak excuses and she throws a drink in his face.
But she had come up with a weak excuse to tell the others.
If she's not dark enough, it's Sparta's weak excuse for a star.
It was a weak excuse, but he hadn't missed the threat.
She didn't want kisses offered on the weak excuse of saving her from bad choices.
The bank manager gave us a weak excuse for an under- standing smile.
It was a weak excuse, but all she could think of.
Frankly, Gregg, that's going to sound like just another 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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