"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
(18) feeling, desire, vision, dream
Kolokacji: 4
1. explain a lot = wyjaśnij dużo explain a lot
3. explain one's condition = wyjaśniać czyjś warunek explain one's condition
  • It took a long time for the doctor to explain Dana's condition to us in a way that we'd eventually understand.
  • Those fifteen-odd miles must have taken them quite a long time, which would explain their furious condition.
  • F's letter did nothing more than explain my condition to me.
  • On the other hand, it cannot be claimed to explain our human condition either.
  • At this point, the treatment team explained germs and David's condition to him.
  • How do you explain a sibling's condition to a child who comes over for a play date?
  • Explain your medical condition in a clear and truthful way.
  • An unshaven man in a blue shirt came to explain his condition.
  • He also spent more time explaining my condition to them than to me.
  • Though the books enlighten him about the potential of the brain, they do not explain his condition.
5. explain one's findings = wyjaśniać czyjś orzeczenia explain one's findings
6. explain one's opposition = wyjaśniać czyjś sprzeciw explain one's opposition
(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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