"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
  • And then you will explain the meaning of it all.
  • A few weeks ago, he'd had to explain the meaning of a pat on the back.
  • Consider this further question: Does an author have a particular right to explain the meaning of his work?
  • They felt that teachers spent all class time explaining their meaning.
  • Now to explain to you the meaning of my life.
  • There are several versions that could explain the meaning of its name.
  • For what reply could we give if asked to explain the meaning of "fact"?
  • The Constitution does not explain the meaning of "natural born".
  • To explain the meaning of the handkerchief, he tells them a story.
  • There are several theories which try to explain the meaning of the wings.
2. explain one's point = wyjaśniać czyjś punkt explain one's point
3. explain observations = wyjaśnij obserwacje explain observations
6. explain one's remarks = wyjaśniać czyjś uwagi explain one's remarks
7. explain one's proposal = wyjaśniać czyjś propozycja explain one's proposal
8. explain one's comments = wyjaśniać czyjś komentarze explain one's comments
9. explain one's statement = wyjaśniać czyjś oświadczenie explain one's statement
10. explain one's mistake = wyjaśniać czyjś błąd explain one's mistake
11. explain one's refusal = wyjaśniać czyjś odmowa explain one's refusal
(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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