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FAIL

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fail I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a slăbi, a-şi pierde puterea;

his sight has failed of late vederea i-a slabit (mult) în ultima vreme.

2. a nu reuşi, a nu se îndeplini, a înşela aşteptările;

the maize failed that year în anul acela nu s-a făcut porumb (frumos).

3. a-i lipsi (cuiva); a nu avea (cu ac.); a nu găsi (cu ac.);

words fail me to express nu găsesc cuvinte pentru a exprima.

4. a uita; a nu...;

don’t fail to let me know nu uita să mă anunţi;

he failed to come n-a venit; nu s-a prezentat;

who can fail to feel his heart go out when cui nu i se strânge inima când.

5. a nu reuşi, a da greş, a suferi un eşec; a cădea la un examen;

to fail in mathematics a cădea la matematică;

my attempt has failed încercarea mea a dat greş;

(jur.) to fail in a suit a pierde un proces;

I fail to see your meaning nu (reuşesc să) înţeleg ce vrei să spui.

6. a trăda, a fi un trădător.

7. (com.) a da faliment;

to fail for a million a da faliment pentru un milion;

8. to fail in a-i lipsi, a nu avea, a prezenta neajunsul că;

this novel fails in unity acestui roman îi lipseşte unitatea;

the experiment failed of success experienţa nu reuşi.

fail I. verb B. tranzitiv

a trăda, a lăsa, a părăsi; a lăsa în pană;

his heart failed him curajul îl părăsi, inima i se făcu cât un purice;

I will never fail you nu te voi trăda niciodată.

fail II. substantiv

1. lipsă;

without fail negreşit, neapărat, cu orice preţ.

2. (rar) moarte.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Suspicion fell upon the maid of the Princess, who was an Italian, and it was proved that she had a brother in London, but we failed to trace any connection between them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And yet,” said I, “even now I fail to understand what the theory of the police can be.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Seems to me that 'never helped nobody' just naturally fails to say whether or not they helped somebody.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

You were only student then; now you are master, and I trust that good habit have not fail.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I shall not fail to correspond.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then I fail to follow your Majesty.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If I failed to do so, who would bring my Smith within my grasp?

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nay, but you must not fail me, or it will go ill with me.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The task of his destruction was mine, but I have failed.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The device software failed during operation as a result of a coding error.

(Device Software Runtime Error Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

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