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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
(13) quietly, gently, softly
Kolokacji: 3
1. explain quietly = wyjaśnij cicho explain quietly
  • She began quietly explaining that he hadn't had a cold.
  • "And there was so little time to look for you," Ralph explained quietly.
  • The human being explained quietly that something had come up requiring his attention.
  • He quietly explained that his father had recently been released from jail.
  • "I believe my husband is seeing other women," she explained quietly.
  • Dad explained quietly that he wanted to have his family with him.
  • Instead, you should quietly and gently explain why saying that would make the woman feel bad.
  • "Jack believes you tried to kill him last night," he explained quietly.
  • Then Adam quietly explained that she no longer had a job.
  • "This would not be good for you," he quietly explained to them.
2. explain gently = wyjaśnij łagodnie explain gently
3. explain softly = wyjaśnij łagodnie explain softly
(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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