"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
(4) only, easy, ready
Kolokacji: 3
(6) convenient, handy, suitable
Kolokacji: 3
1. convenient excuse = wygodne usprawiedliwienie convenient excuse
2. handy excuse = przydatne usprawiedliwienie handy excuse
  • Some fear that it is a handy excuse for doing nothing.
  • But of course the glover is only a handy excuse.
  • That would be a handy excuse should you hook that second shot into the drink.
  • She wasn't really, but it made a handy excuse.
  • "Ithink it's just a handy excuse to keep me out of your bed."
  • "I have to get married tomorrow," Eve began, finding it a handy excuse for the first time.
  • "That becomes a handy excuse for not doing anything," he said.
  • Sometimes war becomes a handy excuse for behavior that otherwise would never be tolerated.
  • Birthdays seem to be a handy excuse for box sets.
  • Or is this a handy, irrational excuse to do what he wants?
3. suitable excuse = odpowiednie usprawiedliwienie suitable excuse
(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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