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"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
1. convenient excuse = wygodne usprawiedliwienie convenient excuse
  • You might have found some convenient excuse not to see me.
  • The market just used the data as a convenient excuse.
  • Now it would serve as a convenient excuse should anyone notice her red eyes.
  • You have to still go out and play, because using his death is the most convenient excuse in the world.
  • Possibly a convenient excuse to get him out of the team, the way he's playing at the moment?
  • For a long time, the budget was a convenient excuse.
  • You're using your face as a convenient excuse not to see her.
  • "You're using the presence of the Federation as a convenient excuse to make war against your own people."
  • But is it a real medical condition - or simply a convenient excuse?
  • But it provided a convenient excuse now to talk to her.
2. handy excuse = przydatne usprawiedliwienie handy excuse
3. suitable excuse = odpowiednie usprawiedliwienie suitable excuse
(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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