"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
  • The official excuse for a sudden wave sweeping every column inch of coverage is that a genuine revelation has occurred.
  • On the making of film, Mr. Kitchell said that it gave him "an official excuse to be curious about these people's lives."
  • The official excuse for Hynes's raids is that bookmaking profits go to organized-crime families.
  • In the mid-1980's, Chin made up the restricted list to have an official excuse for refusing to accommodate visiting scholars.
  • The official excuse began to evolve of the inability to find suitable staff.
  • "It was a relief, having an official excuse to keep quiet about our identities," Cloud said.
  • "So what is Moscow's official excuse for all of this unusual activity?"
  • As a consequence, two years later the Norwegian war children got an official excuse.
  • The official excuse is that voters had to choose 84 legislators on a complex ballot.
5. legal excuse = prawne usprawiedliwienie legal excuse
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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