"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. explain one's motives = wyjaśniać czyjś motywy explain one's motives
2. explain one's motivation = wyjaśniać czyjś motywacja explain one's motivation
  • We tried to explain the need for us to move.
  • She wouldn't have wanted to explain the need for this test.
  • "And how would I explain the need for that information?"
  • He goes on to explain the need for a mixed economy.
  • How could he explain his need to see this creation?
  • Oh, how was I going to explain to her the awful need to be quiet?
  • "You were afraid of things not going off on time," he said, explaining the need for a watch a year ago.
  • Let me begin by giving you a practical example to explain the need for integration.
  • Talk about how your teen's body is changing, and explain the need for more sleep.
  • This last message explains the need to get into contact with higher headquarters.
4. need to explain = potrzebuj wyjaśnić need to explain
5. explain one's silence = wyjaśniać czyjś cisza explain one's silence
(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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