"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
1. later explain = później wyjaśnij later explain
2. explain afterward = wyjaśnij potem explain afterward
  • "I knew we needed the ball," he explained afterward in Duke's quiet locker room.
  • The situation was not unfamiliar, one of them explained afterward in a discreet interview.
  • "I did not want to be caught with an empty gun if they turned and made a stand," he explained afterward.
  • I thought about explaining that to Susan afterward, and decided not to dare him.
  • "My body just kind of went back," Irvin explained afterward.
  • "It was necessary," he explained afterward, "in order to command men so much older than myself."
  • "I'm worried there won't be an Israel," she explained afterward.
  • "I wanted to show just the silhouette, like a sketch," he explained afterward.
  • "That was a customer, a regular, who wanted some special dishes for tonight," he explained afterward.
  • "I thanked him for getting my attention," Williams explained afterward.
(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
(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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