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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 19
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
(1) fully, hardly, poorly
Kolokacji: 3
(2) partly, away, quickly, satisfactorily, partially, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(3) patiently, impatiently
Kolokacji: 2
(4) easily, well, successfully
Kolokacji: 3
(5) clearly, lucidly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) later, afterward
Kolokacji: 2
(7) far, once, calmly, properly, early, ...
Kolokacji: 28
(8) carefully, neatly, painstakingly
Kolokacji: 3
(9) better, best
Kolokacji: 2
(10) adequately, sufficiently, inadequately
Kolokacji: 3
(11) simply, actually, matter-of-factly, merely
Kolokacji: 4
(12) briefly, tersely, succinctly, shortly, concisely, ...
Kolokacji: 7
1. briefly explain = pokrótce wyjaśnij briefly explain
briefly explained
2. explain tersely = wyjaśnij zwięźle explain 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
  • "You have to love this job," she explained wryly.
  • "We have better leadership than we had before," he explained wryly to those who looked askance at him.
  • "It seems advisable not to go out unarmed when you're around," he explained wryly.
  • "We try to find a moral approach to business," he explained wryly.
  • "Hey, don't blame me," he must explain wryly, once Castle Rock has begun going to pot.
  • He once wryly explained the placement, saying "opposed in life as in death."
  • "Thus I need not be a nephew of the Roidhun," he explained wryly.
  • "He is occupied," the young priest explained wryly, his gray eyes turning up at their corners with his satisfied grin.
  • Those initials stand for "love gone wrong," the singer explained wryly.
  • "I'm not the chatty type," he explains 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
(21) cheerfully, casually, happily, blithely
Kolokacji: 4
(22) earnestly, solemnly, gravely, grimly
Kolokacji: 4
(23) rationally, logically, reasonably
Kolokacji: 3
(24) eagerly, enthusiastically
Kolokacji: 2
(25) bluntly, gruffly
Kolokacji: 2
(26) confidently, shyly
Kolokacji: 2

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