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Discover LudwigThe phrase "explains us" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward in many contexts.
It could be used when referring to someone explaining something about a group or collective identity, but it is not standard. Example: "The documentary explains us as a society grappling with climate change."
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"Before anything can be shipped it has to be stripped, which is a challenge in itself," explains US spokesman Mark Wright.
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US President Barack Obama has held a televised address to the nation to explain US policy on Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons.
"And it will help explain us to them.
We were too busy being proudly Hungarian; it explained us.
US President Barack Obama has given a televised address to the nation to explain US policy on Syria's chemical weapons.
It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles...."....
I've explained British TV and real football to him, he's explained US politics and fake football to me.
When she was here she explained us, [there is] no need to worry.
She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us.
Nobody explains to us why we are stopping here".
Books of letters, she explains, "move us as biographies do not".
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