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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 6
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 2
(1) make, find, give, need, hear, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(2) offer, use, provide, mutter
Kolokacji: 6
1. offer an excuse = usprawiedliw się offer an excuse
offer excuses
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
  • Apart from providing her with an excuse to respond to his card, the idea in itself was a perfectly good one.
  • Most important, she provided him with an excuse to give to all his women as to why he couldn't marry them.
  • He would be glad to help, as long as it provided him with an excuse to hang around.
  • She obviously hadn't expected Jessamy to provide her with an excuse for staying longer at the house.
  • In fact, she had arrived before anyone else, as if afraid that being late would provide someone with an excuse to leave her behind.
  • If nothing else, it would provide him with a fine excuse to see her, pass the time of day.
  • He was only mocking you-for you provided him with an excuse.
  • If the person will not provide you with an excuse, the next best thing is to manufacture one.
  • He set it up to provide him with a legal excuse for murder.
  • "And that will provide you with a fine excuse to run off hunting elephants."
6. mutter excuses = usprawiedliwienia mamrotania mutter 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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