"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 • ...
(2) offer, use, provide, mutter
Kolokacji: 6
2. use the excuse = wykorzystaj usprawiedliwienie use the excuse
3. provide an excuse = dostarcz usprawiedliwienie provide an excuse
4. use as an excuse = wykorzystanie jako usprawiedliwienie use as an excuse
5. provide with an excuse = dostarcz usprawiedliwienie provide with an excuse
6. mutter excuses = usprawiedliwienia mamrotania mutter excuses
  • Rita collected her purse and rose, then preceded him toward the aisle, muttering excuses as she clambered past knees and feet.
  • Dance after dance, boys would approach me, and if I refused and suggested they ask Abby, they flew off muttering excuses and approached someone else.
  • David rushed ahead, muttering excuses as he collided with bodies and startled faces; he saw him!
  • The lad began to mutter excuses and pray for mercy.
  • Muttering excuses about catching a bus home, Arialys rushed out, and I escorted her and Heidi back to the familiarity of SoFo.
  • A few diehards muttered excuses for the outburst, but most of the people did not say another word.
  • There followed the flashing of their torchlights and muttered excuses and a voice saying with exaggerated courtesy, 'Sorry, ladies.
  • They took him on board and he settled in the seat beside Margo, muttering thin excuses that were thick in tone.
  • Some of the gods and their congregations were already backing away, muttering excuses and apologies, and in some cases actually trying to hide behind each other.
  • Courtiers edged by them, muttering excuses.
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 • ...

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