"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
4. explain one's philosophy = wyjaśniać czyjś filozofia explain one's philosophy
5. explain one's intentions = wyjaśniać czyjś zamiary explain one's intentions
6. explain one's belief = wyjaśniać czyjś wiara explain one's belief
7. explain one's goals = wyjaśniać czyjś cele explain one's goals
8. explain one's thoughts = wyjaśniać czyjś myśli explain one's thoughts
9. explain one's love = wyjaśniać czyjś miłość explain one's love
  • Mr. Godard can at least explain his love of film.
  • John explains his love of nudity: 'The glib answer is freedom.
  • We want movies to be different, but not radically so, which helps explain our enduring love for genre and stars.
  • In his song he explained his love to her.
  • If so, it would explain her lifelong love for things Irish.
  • The movie tries to explain their love away by saying they're both misfits.
  • That, to some extent, explains the company's love of wildlife.
  • The piece explains her first love, and venture into adulthood.
  • Barry Snelson, our winner, explains his love for the city.
  • The refuge offered to his parents explains his love for Britain, he said.
(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
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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