"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
(25) reluctance, willingness
Kolokacji: 2
1. explain one's reluctance = wyjaśniać czyjś niechęć explain one's reluctance
2. explain one's willingness = wyjaśniać czyjś chęć explain one's willingness
  • Agnes Pankotai, a student, explained her willingness to line up for pizza.
  • But it doesn't explain his willingness to debase himself by promulgating Hannity-type talking points.
  • That would explain his willingness to risk his political life on a walk-out.
  • It would certainly explain his willingness to resolve the difficulties just outlined by producing a sculpture that is a little more than a three-dimensional photograph.
  • Could it also explain Ethan's willingness to talk to him?
  • That may help explain Fox's willingness to produce the adaptation.
  • But I am no priest," he said, as if that explained his willingness to ease a captive's walking.
  • "Perhaps that explains his willingness to hazard himself aboard Calm Horizons."
  • The policy costs European taxpayers $100 billion a year, which may explain the Community's willingness to change.
  • "I suppose that explains your willingness to sell the farm then."
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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