EXPLAIN

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explain verb A. tranzitiv

1. a explica, a lămuri, a tălmăci, a tâlcui, a interpreta.

2. a explica, a da explicabil cu privire la; a justifica, a motiva, a găsi scuze pentru.

3. to explain away a) a desluşi, a descurca; b) a înlătura, a nega (un fapt prin vorbe).

explain verb B. reflexiv

a se justifica, a se explica, a-şi găsi scuze.

explain verb C. intranzitiv

a da explicaţii, a se explica;

come now, explain hai, explică-te.

Stay with me now, and I will explain.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

"Then it's jes' warm an' anxious I am to be hearin' you explain yourself," he said.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I explained that I knew nothing about it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“I saw it in a paper,” explained the American.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He didn't seem at all ashamed of it, for when I explained and hurried on, he waved his hand, sock and all, saying in his loud, cheerful way...

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"I mean the present gentleman, Mr. Edward's father," he explained.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

An instant later the mystery was explained.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I cannot explain the practical things of life.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I'm afraid I didn't explain that," she smiled.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

"Things is different down here," Miller explained.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)