explaining in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.explain [Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn, Am ɪkˈspleɪn] VB trans (all contexts)

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I.explain away VB [Brit ɪkˈspleɪn, ɛkˈspleɪn -, Am ɪkˈspleɪn -] (explain away [sth], explain [sth] away)

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breathlessly explain, gabble
précipitamment
to explain sth in pantomime
expliquer qc en mimant
modestly talk, explain
avec modestie, modestement
it's simply a question of explaining
il suffit d'expliquer

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Translations for explaining in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

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s'emmêler dans des explications
to get muddled up explaining
expliquer
to explain
expliquer à qn pourquoi/comment qn a fait qc
to explain to sb why/how sb did sth
expliquer fonctionnement
to explain
je t'explique pas! inf
need I explain?
s'expliquer
to explain
s'expliquer sur son choix
to explain one's choice
s'expliquer devant le tribunal/la police
to explain to the court/the police
s'expliquer devant son père
to explain oneself to one's father
s'expliquer qc
to explain sth
il m'explique le chemin
he's explaining the way to me
indiquer à qn qc (expliquer)
to explain sth to sb
expliquer/raconter qc en deux mots
to explain/tell sth briefly
expliquez le fond de votre pensée
explain what you think deep down

explaining Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

without saying a word/explaining
sans dire mot/explications
to explain in words of one syllable
expliquer dans des termes clairs
it's hard to explain but I'll try to
c'est difficile à expliquer mais je vais essayer
to explain oneself more clearly
s'exprimer plus clairement
to explain sth away
trouver des justifications à
he's explaining the way to me
il m'explique le chemin
to explain to sb why/how sb did sth
expliquer à qn pourquoi/comment qn a fait qc
to explain to the court/the police
s'expliquer devant le tribunal/la police
to explain oneself to one's father
s'expliquer devant son père
explain what you think deep down
expliquez le fond de votre pensée
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By not explaining much about the characters' past and psychology, the brothers aimed to avoid sentimentality.
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The last scene shows the steward explaining the rules to the next set of strangers, implying a continuous cycle.
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This relieves the dispatcher of explaining every radio message to a caller.
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Increased dopamine release is felt to be the main property explaining wake-promotion from these medications.
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The whole problem we started out with was the problem of explaining statistical improbability.
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The northern part of the t0 is thought to be uplifted, explaining its decrease in slope.
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Eventually, a group of net-activists decided an FAQ explaining their thoughts on why anarchism and capitalism are incompatible.
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Explaining that it is the same phenomenon as "aid in dying" merely results in additional perplexity.
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He criticized the film's lack of explaining plot elements, its hackneyed storyline and lackluster effort by the actors.
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She chose to also incorporate an animal aspect to the video explaining that she was a huge animal lover.
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