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"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 • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 57
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 25
(1) thing, effect
Kolokacji: 2
(2) matter, problem, interest, concern, business, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(3) decision, choice, vote
Kolokacji: 3
(4) action, behavior, role, part, process, ...
Kolokacji: 16
1. explain one's actions = wyjaśniać czyjś czyny explain one's actions
explain one's action
  • He later explained his action as being because "I didn't like the way things were going".
  • He later explained his action in a speech from the floor.
  • And I don't know why they didn't explain their actions.
  • It was the first time she had done anything like explain her actions.
  • But he felt that now the moment had come to explain his actions a little.
  • He'd never said a word to explain his action, as if he thought I hadn't noticed.
  • There was no time to call Lewis and explain her action.
  • You will have the chance to explain your actions to the court through a statement of truth.
  • And he didn't have time to explain his actions to Engineering.
  • Anyway, I haven't got to explain my actions to you.
2. explain one's behavior = wyjaśniać czyjś zachowanie explain one's behavior
explain behavior, explain behaviour, explain one's behaviour
3. explain one's role = wyjaśniać czyjś rola explain one's role
4. explain the process = wyjaśniaj proces explain the process
5. explain part = wyjaśnij część explain part
6. explain one's work = wyjaśniać czyjś praca explain one's work
7. explain one's mission = wyjaśniać czyjś misja explain one's mission
8. explain the use = wyjaśnij wykorzystanie explain the use
explain one's use
9. explain one's support = wyjaśniać czyjś wsparcie explain one's support
10. explain the mystery = wyjaśnij tajemnicę explain the mystery
11. explain one's performance = wyjaśniać czyjś wykonanie explain one's performance
12. explain one's conduct = wyjaśniać czyjś zachowanie explain one's conduct
13. explain one's activities = wyjaśniać czyjś działalności explain one's activities
14. explain dishes = wyjaśnij potrawy explain dishes
15. explain practices = wyjaśnij praktyki explain practices
16. explain one's duties = wyjaśniać czyjś obowiązki explain one's duties
(5) position, theory, concept, way, fact, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(6) plan, purpose, idea, philosophy, intention, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(7) presence, absence, lack
Kolokacji: 3
(8) view, aspect, importance, nature, popularity, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(9) success, failure, change, loss, death, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(10) reasoning, reason, case, rationale, thinking, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(11) attempt, crime
Kolokacji: 2
(12) origin, name
Kolokacji: 2
(13) policy, strategy
Kolokacji: 2
(14) phenomenon, chance, event, reaction, response, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(15) difference, variation, discrepancy, departure, variance
Kolokacji: 5
(16) situation, right, Hitler, anomaly, fossil
Kolokacji: 5
(17) meaning, point, observation, significance, detail, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(18) feeling, desire, vision, dream
Kolokacji: 4
(19) lot, relationship, condition, circumstance, finding, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(20) time, history, life, past
Kolokacji: 4
(21) motive, motivation, need, silence
Kolokacji: 5
(22) technique, rate
Kolokacji: 2
(23) predicament, plight
Kolokacji: 2
(24) attraction, fascination, gravity, altruism
Kolokacji: 4
(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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