"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
(16) proudly, modestly
Kolokacji: 2
1. proudly explain = dumnie wyjaśnij proudly explain
  • "Most of the fish is flown in daily from Japan," a waiter proudly explained.
  • A girl was proudly explaining to me why she was in the hall instead of science class.
  • When she came in, he proudly explained what he had done.
  • We have two cows," he explained proudly, "and the only ones anywhere about.
  • "Ours is made from potatoes, like vodka," he explained proudly.
  • "The building you see is Aberdeen's maritime museum," he explained proudly.
  • "I was recently made a partner in the firm," Joshua explained proudly.
  • Stim is one of our major cultural events," he explained proudly.
  • Everything in the apartment is someone else's cast-off, she explains proudly: "I think it looks pretty good, don't you?"
  • When the other three players raised their eyebrows, he proudly explained "length in clubs and hearts."
2. explain modestly = wyjaśnij skromnie explain modestly
(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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