"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
(8) plausible, convincing, glib
Kolokacji: 3
1. plausible excuse = wiarygodne usprawiedliwienie plausible excuse
2. convincing excuse = przekonywając usprawiedliwienie convincing excuse
3. glib excuse = gładkie usprawiedliwienie glib excuse
  • He had a glib excuse for being in the neighborhood so late at night.
  • Wilton made a glib excuse to climb to the spectators' promenade that overlooked the field.
  • A glib excuse rose to his lips.
  • He made a glib excuse that was completely unconvincing.
  • I had not been deceived for a moment by Emerson's glib excuses.
  • He had run out of glib excuses.
  • If any policeman investigated the parked taxi, Moe was all prepared with a glib excuse.
  • Gee, Lar, I have missed you, he began, caught without a glib excuse ready.
  • He'd never had a problem coming up with a glib excuse before, but then he'd never been reluctant to lie to a woman before.
  • He had a glib excuse about not wanting to trespass on Circle A land.
(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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