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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 57
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 25
(1) thing, effect
Kolokacji: 2
(2) matter, problem, interest, concern, business, ...
Kolokacji: 8
1. explain matters = wyjaśnij sprawy explain matters
2. explain the problem = wyjaśnij problem explain the problem
explain one's problem
3. explain one's interest = wyjaśniać czyjś interes explain one's interest
  • "Is that supposed to explain your interest in us, captain?"
  • How might Greene himself have explained his interest in these countries?
  • She went on to explain her interest in the Hodges case.
  • So that kind of explains my interest in both police and social work, I guess.
  • "Living like this you lose perspective," she said explaining her interest in the program.
  • She would have to think of something suitable to explain her interest in this character.
  • That would explain another party's interest in the matter.
  • "I don't know if there was a point, other than that it provided me with a reason to explain your interest in the skulls."
  • This explains my political interest in supporting and defending the resolution.
  • Kelly Williams, a 12-year-old who was writing an article about computers, explained her interest.
4. explain one's concerns = wyjaśniać czyjś niepokoje explain one's concerns
5. explain one's business = wyjaśniać czyjś biznes explain one's business
6. explain one's involvement = wyjaśniać czyjś uczestnictwo explain one's involvement
7. explain one's fear = wyjaśniać czyjś strach explain one's fear
8. explain one's troubles = wyjaśniać czyjś kłopoty explain one's troubles
(3) decision, choice, vote
Kolokacji: 3
(4) action, behavior, role, part, process, ...
Kolokacji: 16
(5) position, theory, concept, way, fact, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(6) plan, purpose, idea, philosophy, intention, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(7) presence, absence, lack
Kolokacji: 3
(8) view, aspect, importance, nature, popularity, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(9) success, failure, change, loss, death, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(10) reasoning, reason, case, rationale, thinking, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(11) attempt, crime
Kolokacji: 2
(12) origin, name
Kolokacji: 2
(13) policy, strategy
Kolokacji: 2
(14) phenomenon, chance, event, reaction, response, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(15) difference, variation, discrepancy, departure, variance
Kolokacji: 5
(16) situation, right, Hitler, anomaly, fossil
Kolokacji: 5
(17) meaning, point, observation, significance, detail, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(18) feeling, desire, vision, dream
Kolokacji: 4
(19) lot, relationship, condition, circumstance, finding, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(20) time, history, life, past
Kolokacji: 4
(21) motive, motivation, need, silence
Kolokacji: 5
(22) technique, rate
Kolokacji: 2
(23) predicament, plight
Kolokacji: 2
(24) attraction, fascination, gravity, altruism
Kolokacji: 4
(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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