"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
  • He plans to write a book that explains his success as an inventor.
  • "God is the one who gives me the strength and power," he said when asked to explain his success.
  • How explain her extraordinary success in an era when men ruled the world?
  • Ms. Amaral says she isn't quite sure how to explain its success so far.
  • But that only partly explains the military's relative success here.
  • Explaining her success, she said, "I have never worked a day in my life without selling.
  • "They like to play ball," Baker said, explaining his success with those players.
  • The reverse bias is shown when people explain others' success or failure.
  • But are these circumstances enough to explain the film's success?
  • Gotkin explained his team's success by saying, "We knew how to play the game."
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
(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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