"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. explain tersely = wyjaśnij zwięźle explain tersely
  • "This is where we set it up," Brad explained tersely.
  • "Rain is free," she explained tersely when my son asked about the bucket.
  • One young man, lean and spare with a blond crew cut, explained tersely: "If the wind is strong, well, it can be difficult."
  • "Someone crimped the line with a pair of pliers," he explained tersely.
  • It might make a solution similar to the ocean around us," Tom explained tersely.
  • 'One of them got him as he turned,' he explained tersely.
  • "To retain air around the ship, and keep us from being swept under," Liriel explained tersely.
  • "We have to get there first," he explained tersely.
  • 'The obstetrics and gynaecology team will take over from here,' he explained tersely.
3. succinctly explain = zwięźle wyjaśniać succinctly explain
4. explain shortly = wyjaśnij wkrótce explain shortly
5. concisely explain = zwięźle wyjaśniać concisely explain
6. explain dryly = wyjaśnij sucho explain dryly
7. explain wryly = wyjaśnij cierpko explain wryly
(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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