"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 15

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

Kolokacji: 17

(2) need, ask, want, like

Kolokacji: 6

1. ask to explain = poproś by wyjaśnić ask to explain

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

They are not that old, so their record needs explaining.
On this point there was a lot more that needed explaining.
I need to try and explain some things to you.
But the manner in which he came to be on the ground needs explaining.
You won't have to explain things that don't need explaining.
You don't need to describe or explain what these tags mean.
But there was another matter, more immediate, that needed explaining.
"I don't need to apologize or explain myself to you."
The advantages of free trade in a global economy ought not to need explaining to anyone.
Its value, given the power of spy satellites, needs explaining.

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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