"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
(13) quietly, gently, softly
Kolokacji: 3
(14) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(15) entirely, alone, solely
Kolokacji: 3
2. explained alone = wyjaśniony w pojedynkę explained alone
3. explained solely = wyjaśniony wyłącznie explained solely
  • Piermont's success cannot, of course, be explained solely by the filming of a movie.
  • There has been a drop in births that cannot be explained solely by the numbers of females preyed upon each year by wolves.
  • This disparity is complex and cannot be explained solely by medical or socioeconomic factors.
  • Such a big growth of the Russian population could not be explained solely by natural increase.
  • And experts say the differences cannot be explained solely by socioeconomics.
  • But J. Crew's problems cannot be explained solely by the larger retail tempest.
  • Today foreign policy cannot be explained solely from a geographical point of view.
  • Substantial differences in death rates could not be explained solely by demographic and medical factors, the study found.
  • But all of these developments cannot be explained solely by reference to what goes on inside 'Fleet Street'.
  • But why should we expect anything from pundits when everything is solely explained from the point of view of the player?
(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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