"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
1. explain matters = wyjaśnij sprawy explain matters
3. explain one's interest = wyjaśniać czyjś interes explain one's 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
  • To Johnny Damon, explaining the Yankees' troubles has been simple.
  • School counselors have visited, lamenting quarters so close that they seemed to explain Wanda's troubles in school.
  • John, who has not had a victory this month, could not explain his troubles.
  • Every spring, it's the same old thing: one bad game follows another, and Dave Righetti can neither explain his troubles nor find an answer to them.
  • Garcia, explaining the team's troubles against the Rams, said the offense was not on the same page.
  • He had not tried to explain all his troubles to her, for she could never have understood them properly.
  • Explaining her troubles, Warner sounded like what she is: a pilot for United Airlines.
  • Far from at last explaining her marital troubles, the revelation plunged her deeper into depression.
  • Industry analysts are hard-pressed to explain the company's troubles.
  • It is easy enough to see why such a man was disliked, but dislike alone is not sufficient to explain his troubles.
(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
(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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