{"id":13279,"date":"2026-04-15T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=13279"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:07:12","slug":"collocations-giving-information-explaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13279","title":{"rendered":"Collocations: giving information &#038; explaining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"277\"><strong data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13280\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explain.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explain-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explain-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explain-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explain-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explain-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>give a reason <\/strong>(\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0443)<br data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"180\" \/><em>She refused to give a reason for her decision. (\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"418\"><strong data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"329\">state sb\u2019s aim\/purpose\/goal <\/strong><em>(\u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0446\u0435\u043b\u044c)<\/em><br data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"332\" \/><em>The company clearly stated its main goal. (\u041a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u044f\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0446\u0435\u043b\u044c.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"579\"><strong data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"469\">state sb\u2019s business<\/strong> ( \u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043e \u0446\u0435\u043b\u0438; \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c, \u043f\u043e \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0443)<br data-start=\"469\" data-end=\"472\" \/><em>The visitor stated his business. (\u041f\u043e\u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u043b \u043e \u0446\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0432\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0442\u0430.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"721\"><strong data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"634\">give an account of <\/strong>(\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \/ \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043e)<br data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"637\" \/><em>The witness gave an account of the accident. (\u0421\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b \u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0441\u0448\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0438.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"870\"><strong data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"765\">get the message across<\/strong> (\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u044c \u0434\u043e)<br data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"768\" \/><em>The teacher tried to get the message across to the class. (\u0423\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043f\u044b\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0434\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u044c \u0434\u043e \u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0430.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1056\"><strong data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"927\">disseminate information<\/strong> (\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044e)<br data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"930\" \/><em>The organization disseminates information about health issues. (\u041e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u044f\u0435\u0442 \u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044e \u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c\u0430\u0445 \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u044c\u044f.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1206\"><strong data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1098\">notify the police (\u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0438)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1101\" \/><em>They immediately notified the police about the robbery. (\u041e\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0434\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u043e \u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0438.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>give a reason (\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0443)She refused to give a reason for her decision. (\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f.) state sb\u2019s aim\/purpose\/goal (\u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0446\u0435\u043b\u044c)The company clearly stated its main goal. (\u041a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u044f\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0446\u0435\u043b\u044c.) state sb\u2019s business ( &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13279\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1263,1256],"tags":[1266],"class_list":["post-13279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collocations","category-vocabulary-2","tag-a2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13281,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279\/revisions\/13281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}