"explain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

explain verbo

explain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 136
explain things • explain matters • explain one's decision • explain one's actions • explain one's behavior • explain one's position • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 25
(1) thing, effect
Kolokacji: 2
(3) decision, choice, vote
Kolokacji: 3
(7) presence, absence, lack
Kolokacji: 3
(11) attempt, crime
Kolokacji: 2
(12) origin, name
Kolokacji: 2
(13) policy, strategy
Kolokacji: 2
2. chance to explain = okazja by wyjaśnić chance to explain
4. explain one's reaction = wyjaśniać czyjś reakcja explain one's reaction
  • But it's all I can think of to explain her reaction.
  • It was one way to explain my strange reaction to the engagement news without risk of blowing his cover.
  • Hours and hours of practice no doubt explained my reaction.
  • "I didn't think it would be a factor," he said, not quite explaining his reaction on the field to the poor running game.
  • But that is again not enough to explain God's reaction.
  • I'll need time to set up some new tests to be sure, but it would explain their reaction both here and on the ship.
  • If so, that would certainly go a long ways toward explaining the Cardassians' reaction.
  • Abby was the one who drove up that night, and she saw me with Bill, but this didn't explain her reaction.
  • He tried to explain his reaction in terms of quantum theory.
  • He found himself wanting to explain his reaction, especially to someone who'd known Kelly.
5. explain one's response = wyjaśniać czyjś odpowiedź explain one's response
(18) feeling, desire, vision, dream
Kolokacji: 4
(20) time, history, life, past
Kolokacji: 4
(22) technique, rate
Kolokacji: 2
(23) predicament, plight
Kolokacji: 2
(25) reluctance, willingness
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + explain
Kolokacji: 32
help explain • attempt to explain • try to explain • seek to explain • fail to explain • help to explain • begin to explain • need to explain • ...
explain + preposición
Kolokacji: 30
explain to • explain by • explain about • explain in • explain during • ...
explain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 105
fully explain • partly explain • explain patiently • explained away • easily explained • clearly explain • later explain • further explain • ...

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