"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

(2) offer, use, provide, mutter

Kolokacji: 6

1. offer an excuse = usprawiedliw się offer an excuse

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

The administration should not be allowed to use war as an excuse.
"I think that people who already wanted to leave will use the current situation as an excuse."
And I'm not above using it as an excuse to see you for just a little while tonight.
Instead, he had used the key as an excuse to see them one more time.
Despite being 33, he didn't want to use age as an excuse.
Was she just using them as an excuse to talk to him?
But, after last night, could she not use her concern as an excuse to look in on him?
But I'm not going to use it as an excuse.
Perhaps I wanted to die, and just used them as an excuse.
Use it as an excuse to have a look at us.

5. provide with an excuse = dostarcz usprawiedliwienie provide with an excuse

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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