"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 6

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) make, find, give, need, hear, ...

Kolokacji: 7

1. make excuses = marki usprawiedliwienia make excuses

2. find an excuse = znajdź wymówkę find an excuse

3. give an excuse = daj usprawiedliwienie give an excuse

4. need an excuse = potrzebuj usprawiedliwienia need an excuse

5. hear excuses = usłysz usprawiedliwienia hear excuses

Phipps says that he must play the game of life to win, because no one wants to hear excuses.
I don't want to hear complaints or excuses, d'you hear me?
They are not casting blame, and they don't want to hear excuses.
They don't want to hear excuses from a lowly blacksmith.
Creditors don't want to hear excuses, no matter how legitimate they may be.
I don't want to hear excuses, the doctor shot back.
I am not interested in seeing another useless daughter, or in hearing further excuses.
Yes, poverty is a factor, but we have heard excuses for many years.
"In the end of the day, our kids don't want to hear excuses," he said.
Well, I've sure heard funny excuses in my time, but this beats anything.

6. look for an excuse = poszukaj usprawiedliwienia look for an excuse

7. come up with an excuse = znajdź usprawiedliwienie come up with an excuse

(2) offer, use, provide, mutter

Kolokacji: 6

adjetivo + excuse

Kolokacji: 61

good excuse • perfect excuse • poor excuse • only excuse • lame excuse • ...

preposición + excuse

Kolokacji: 7

of excuses • for an excuse • without excuse • with an excuse • to excuses • ...

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.