"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
1. explain one's success = wyjaśniać czyjś sukces explain one's success
2. explain one's failure = wyjaśniać czyjś niepowodzenie explain one's failure
4. loss to explain = strata wyjaśnić loss to explain
5. explain one's death = wyjaśniać czyjś śmierć explain one's death
6. explain one's disappearance = wyjaśniać czyjś zniknięcie explain one's disappearance
7. explain one's appearance = wyjaśniać czyjś wygląd explain one's appearance
  • He had to admit this in order to explain his sudden appearance with a gun.
  • He explains his changing appearance by saying, "I'm bringing all five of my costumes!"
  • If someone should happen to see him, we could never explain his appearance.
  • After he had identified himself and tried to explain his changed appearance, she still refused to open the door farther.
  • He'd have to explain his appearance then and it wasn't worth it.
  • It would at least explain the stranger's appearance in town.
  • Surely, that would have been enough to explain his appearance on Kevratas.
  • The character of Alice appears much earlier in the story to explain her later appearance and death.
  • I've been worrying about how to explain our sudden appearance.
  • That had to be it and would easily explain her appearance.
(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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