"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
  • There was no legal excuse to hold him anymore.
  • It gives owners and general managers a legal excuse not to finagle.
  • The broad question addressed was whether circumstances over which the accused could have had some control gave him a legal excuse for his actions.
  • It's not a legal excuse, but it might sway a judge.
  • He set it up to provide him with a legal excuse for murder.
  • Neither is likely to work as a legal excuse, and both certainly fail on any ethical register.
  • We have embraced the principle of open disclosure and no legal excuse may be used against it.
  • Walking marriage is used as a legal excuse for prostitution (Kingdom of Women).
  • Malice is found if a person killed intentionally and without legal excuse or mitigation.
  • In other words, none of the recognized legal excuses will permit the individual to avoid the contract.
6. lawful excuse = legalne usprawiedliwienie lawful 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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