"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
(20) time, history, life, past
Kolokacji: 4
1. time to explain = czas wyjaśnić time to explain
  • An article which explains the history or use of a specific computer part.
  • Well, I won't be explaining my past history to you.
  • A show then comes on explaining the history of the automobile.
  • A visitor center is available to help explain the history of the fort.
  • "It is not easy to explain our history," he said.
  • The pottery workshop next door is open to the public and staff are always happy to explain the history behind each design.
  • In the same year, the fortress was turned into a museum explaining the history of the area.
  • The series works back from the modern day to prehistoric times to explain the valley's history.
  • The number 10th of the review (2004-2005) explained its history and origins.
  • Recently a film 1612 was made to explain to the Russian audiences the history behind the new holiday.
3. explain one's life = wyjaśniać czyjś życie explain one's life
4. explain one's past = wyjaśniać czyjś przeszłość explain one's past
(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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