"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. reasonable excuse = dostateczne usprawiedliwienie reasonable excuse
2. legitimate excuse = zasadne usprawiedliwienie legitimate excuse
3. valid excuse = ważne usprawiedliwienie valid excuse
4. official excuse = urzędowe usprawiedliwienie official excuse
5. legal excuse = prawne usprawiedliwienie legal excuse
6. lawful excuse = legalne usprawiedliwienie lawful excuse
  • Trespass to land: Committed when an individual intentionally enters the land of another without lawful excuse.
  • His failure to honour that obligation without lawful excuse constituted a breach of promise.
  • If a person is merely using public place reasonably, they cannot be said to be acting without lawful excuse.
  • The protesters argued that they had a 'lawful excuse' for what they did.
  • The only issue before the court concerned the defence of lawful excuse.
  • The courts have said that a defendant relying upon lawful excuse as a defence need not necessarily seek to put himself within section 5.
  • He claimed an honest belief in that by doing this, he had a lawful excuse within section 5(2).
  • It is also a crime to possess a seditious publication without a "lawful excuse".
  • One needs an authorization, or a lawful excuse.
  • The verdict means that the killing was done without lawful excuse and in breach of criminal law.
(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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