Sentence examples of "expliquer" in French with translation "account for"

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Il ne pouvait pas expliquer ses erreurs stupides. He couldn't account for his foolish mistake.
Pouvez-vous expliquer pourquoi notre équipe a perdu ? Can you account for why our team lost?
Tu dois expliquer la raison de ton absence. You have to account for your absence.
Pouvez-vous expliquer (justifier) votre absence de vendredi dernier ? Can you account for your absence last Friday?
Je ne peux pas expliquer ce qu'il est arrivé. I cannot account for what has happened.
Ça explique pourquoi la porte était ouverte. That accounts for why the door was open.
Une période de sécheresse explique la maigre récolte. A dry spell accounts for the poor crop.
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