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Vocabulary: explaining

Everybody has to EXPLAIN something, or explain oneself... Parents explain things to their kids, teachers to their students, managers to their employees... Politicians try to explain their ideas in order to convince citizens...

There are also many link words or "tool" words which are used to explain, justify, demonstrate... Here are, to help you, some words and expressions that you should know, or recognize when used.

To explain something TO someone To demonstrate

To explain stg TO someone	To explain oneself
An explanation	To demand an explanation
To seek an explanation	To give an account of
To interpret stg as stg	To misinterpret stg

To shed (shed, shed) light on something Unaccountable/ inexplicable

To describe	A description
To clarify	To elucidate
To shed light on (I shed, shed)	To demonstrate
Inexplicable Unaccountable	Groundless= with no rational basis

Because of On account of Owing to	In view of In view of the fact that = considering Seeing that
From fear/ despair Out of fear/ despair	Considering Since
Due to	Therefore
Thanks to	According to
For fear of	By means of
On (the) grounds of *	On the pretext/ on the pretence of

* on financial/ family grounds/ for financial/ family reasons

A FEW EXPRESSIONS:

- That's why it happened...

- It all arises from the fact that...

- It's all a question of...

- it has to do with...

- The thing is...

- It depends on...

- I reasoned that...

Here you are. You don't have to remember them all... but you'll get used to most of them.

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1. 'Oh! You know that theory! Then, you should because I really don’t understand it!'

2. We must be very careful not to facts and only consider evidence

3. This meeting was planned to the present situation of our marketing department and try to find solutions with our partners.

4. It’s to think that such a famous international company could go bankrupt right away, but it will be quite long to get the consumers'confidence back after such a scandal.

5. The matches were cancelled the dreaded consequences of a typhoon about to sweep the area.

6. Lucy didn’t dare to show what her teacher had written being grounded by her parents before Sofia’s party...

7. the old woman was disoriented, they decided to ask for help and called 911.

8. The situation is really confused. In fact, the confusion several misunderstandings.

9. The famous scientist could his theory very easily, and he really made his point.

10. 'It rained all night, , it would be a good idea to postpone our trip to the seaside.'

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