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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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 15
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 4
(1) help, attempt, try, seek, fail, begin, use, ...
Kolokacji: 17
(2) need, ask, want, like
Kolokacji: 6
1. ask to explain = poproś by wyjaśnić ask to explain
asked to explain
  • He asked us to explain what had happened to the cover.
  • He at once asked me to explain how they worked.
  • Don't ask me to explain what went wrong with him.
  • They never asked us to explain what we had done.
  • She asked me to explain my project to the class.
  • But don't ask me to explain what he did and didn't do.
  • But when I asked her to explain everything, she couldn't.
  • The others often ask him to explain sexual terms they do not understand.
  • She asked me to explain how I appeared in the other form.
  • When people asked me to explain what exactly it was, I could not.
2. need to explain = potrzebuj wyjaśnić need to explain
3. want to explain = chciej wyjaśnić want to explain
4. need explaining = potrzebuj wyjaśniania need explaining
need explain
5. like to explain = lubić wyjaśnić like to explain
6. want explain = chcieć wyjaśniać want explain
(3) say, mind, propose, write, show, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(4) bother, seem
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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