"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. possible excuse = możliwe usprawiedliwienie possible excuse
  • It is his nature to seize any possible excuse for hope.
  • The storm had given us the best possible excuse for our absence.
  • He spent several days criss-crossing the city on every possible excuse.
  • There can be no possible excuse for any further delay.
  • Now he had no possible excuse for hope, even if all his most desperate desires were met.
  • What possible excuse will she use to explain the nightmare of his early years?
  • So you'll run away at the slightest possible excuse, will you?
  • For example, it's the best possible excuse not to exercise.
  • Now what possible excuse can we have for sticking around?
  • What possible excuse could they use for such open hostility against me?
2. old excuse = stare usprawiedliwienie old excuse
3. built-in excuse = wbudowane usprawiedliwienie built-in excuse
4. real excuse = rzeczywiste usprawiedliwienie real excuse
(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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