"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
(17) kindly, tactfully
Kolokacji: 2
(18) hastily, hurriedly
Kolokacji: 2
1. explain hastily = wyjaśnij pośpiesznie explain hastily
  • "A dream," she explained hastily to the reserved English maid.
  • As the manager hurried toward him, Bud hastily explained the situation.
  • The woman quickly joined them in the boat, and they hastily explained about the deadly invisible cloud.
  • "But I was not far ahead of you," he hastily explained.
  • "These are being made for all the men as quickly as possible," G-8 explained hastily.
  • "I knew nothing about it till I looked up," he explained hastily.
  • "Of course, we can put in other furniture," the superintendent explained hastily.
  • Men hastily explained to other men what Calhoun had said.
  • The past and the future were one, she explained hastily, and that was how it had to be.
  • "I didn't actually know until a few minutes ago," Magnan explained hastily.
2. hurriedly explain = szybko wyjaśnij hurriedly explain
(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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