"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 • ...
explain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 105
fully explain • partly explain • explain patiently • explained away • easily explained • clearly explain • later explain • further explain • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
(1) fully, hardly, poorly
Kolokacji: 3
(3) patiently, impatiently
Kolokacji: 2
(4) easily, well, successfully
Kolokacji: 3
(5) clearly, lucidly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) later, afterward
Kolokacji: 2
(9) better, best
Kolokacji: 2
2. actually explain = faktycznie wyjaśnij actually explain
4. merely explain = jedynie wyjaśnij merely explain
  • She merely explained that he was working without his parents' permission and had to quit at once.
  • Often, an entry offers nothing in the way of etymology and merely explains the meaning.
  • This is usually surmounted by merely explaining 'Left my book'.
  • I'm merely explaining why people so often pick up on the girls' toys.
  • And afterward, she would explain merely that, of course, it was impossible for her to touch you even to save your life.
  • So he merely explained to her the problem of the increased bail.
  • I merely explained what conventional police wisdom is in a case like this.
  • It was an achievement of greater significance than merely explaining some puzzling data.
  • He was merely explaining how a coach's life isn't always all that glamorous.
  • Fashion writers are sometimes in a position of not merely explaining a new collection but also defending it.
(13) quietly, gently, softly
Kolokacji: 3
(14) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(15) entirely, alone, solely
Kolokacji: 3
(16) proudly, modestly
Kolokacji: 2
(17) kindly, tactfully
Kolokacji: 2
(18) hastily, hurriedly
Kolokacji: 2
(19) publicly, explicitly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) politely, graciously
Kolokacji: 2
(24) eagerly, enthusiastically
Kolokacji: 2
(25) bluntly, gruffly
Kolokacji: 2
(26) confidently, shyly
Kolokacji: 2

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