"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 • ...
(2) need, ask, want, like
Kolokacji: 6
(4) bother, seem
Kolokacji: 3
1. bother to explain = kłopot wyjaśnić bother to explain
  • The prince did not bother to explain how he knew this.
  • Why do I bother to explain things to this man?
  • It's the piece that everybody, so far, seems willing to write off without bothering to explain.
  • "Why do you bother to explain to me," she asked.
  • I didn't bother to explain, but gave it back to her with a little bow.
  • He did not bother to explain what that was to the new guy.
  • Lived with it so long I never bothered to explain.
  • He seems to have some sort of stomach trouble, though the film never bothers to explain.
  • I didn't bother to explain it wasn't Frost who had kept me up last night.
  • He was some sort of priest but would not bother to explain.
2. bother explaining = martw wyjaśnianie bother explaining
3. seem to explain = wydawaj się wyjaśnić seem 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 • ...

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