"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 • ...
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 • ...
(1) to, by, about, in, during, ...
Kolokacji: 15
1. explain to = wyjaśniać aby explain to
2. explain by = wyjaśniać przez explain by
3. explain about = wyjaśniać około explain about
4. explain in = wyjaśniać w explain in
8. explain at = wyjaśniać przy explain at
9. explain on = wyjaśniać na explain on
10. explain for = wyjaśniać dla explain for
12. explain behind = wyjaśnij z tyłu explain behind
13. explain over = wyjaśniać ponad explain over
14. explain of = wyjaśniać z explain of
  • "We're taking everything that comes to us," he explained of his family's decision last year to move here from Indiana.
  • "I think it's the people," he explained of his decision to stay.
  • But I'll try to explain the circumstances of my final operation, if only by analogy.
  • "I want to test out the art," she explains, of her decision to bring work by 20 artists to Italy.
  • "This is our house," she explained of the top one, which was on graph paper.
  • "But he was drunk," she explained of the sitting that never happened.
  • Early in the evening, she explained her "rules of the road."
  • "Oh, yes I can explain, of course, but are you sure we will not be interrupted?"
  • "For me, the text is the most important thing," she explained of the resulting works.
  • That explains, of course, why we say yes to our children.
15. explain after = wyjaśnij potem explain after
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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