"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
3. suitable excuse = odpowiednie usprawiedliwienie suitable excuse
  • "Clarissa," Whitney provided automatically, her mind already searching for a suitable excuse not to accompany him.
  • The water provided a suitable excuse.
  • The specific reason given for some of the denials is that "negligence, forgetfulness, and misconception of the law" were not suitable excuses.
  • Fred couldn't think of a suitable excuse to have Durand unlock the room again.
  • If they fail, the White Wizards will proclaim that we're the terrors of the world and make suitable excuses.
  • She couldn't think of a suitable excuse to extricate herself from the commitment.
  • Paige racked her mind for a suitable excuse.
  • He had scrawled 'no' across most of them, leaving her, she supposed rather crossly, to think up suitable excuses.
  • The accident provided a suitable excuse to the State Government for the overall withdrawal of the once popular tramways.
  • Both antedated the coming of the Protector, who had not yet found a suitable excuse for getting rid of either, though they irritated her frequently.
(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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