"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
(22) technique, rate
Kolokacji: 2
(23) predicament, plight
Kolokacji: 2
1. explain one's predicament = wyjaśniać czyjś kłopotliwe położenie explain one's predicament
  • And after I had explained my own predicament, they became quite frantic as to what the future might hold for them.
  • He returns to the doctor and explains his predicament further.
  • "I once had a good job," he said, by way of explaining his predicament.
  • He wanted to explain his predicament regarding registration at a hotel.
  • He tried by sign language to explain his predicament.
  • Brown explained her predicament and asked if there were any jets for hire.
  • His white lie explains her predicament: she is the voice, not the face, of club music.
  • And after that another call - to the airfield ahead, to explain their predicament.
  • I tried to think how to explain my predicament.
  • This machine, however, wakes up the entire family and he must explain his predicament to them.
2. explain one's plight = wyjaśniać czyjś trudna sytuacja explain one's plight
(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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