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1 fault
[fɔːlt] 1. n( mistake) błąd m; ( defect) ( in person) wada f; ( in machine) usterka f; ( GEOL) uskok m; (TENNIS) błąd m serwisowy2. vtto find fault with sb/sth — czepiać się kogoś/czegoś
* * *[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) błąd, wina2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) defekt, skaza3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) uskok2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) krytykować- faultlessly
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2 vice
[vaɪs]n( moral fault) wada f, przywara f; ( TECH) imadło nt* * *I noun(a kind of strong tool for holding an object firmly, usually between two metal jaws: The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vice; He has a grip like a vice.) imadłoII noun1) (a serious moral fault: Continual lying is a vice.) wada, grzech, zło2) (a bad habit: Smoking is not one of my vices.) zły nawyk -
3 blame
[bleɪm] 1. nwina f2. vtto blame sb for sth — obwiniać (obwinić perf) kogoś o coś
to be to blame — być winnym, ponosić winę
* * *[bleim] 1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) winić2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) potępiać2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) wina -
4 blemish
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5 confession
[kən'fɛʃən]nto make a confession — czynić (uczynić perf) wyznanie
* * *[-ʃən]1) (acknowledgment of a crime or fault: The youth made a confession to the police officer.) przyznanie się, wyznanie2) ((an) act of confessing one's sins to a priest: She went to confession every Friday.) spowiedź -
6 critic
['krɪtɪk]nkrytyk m* * *['kritik]1) (a person who judges or comments on books, art etc: He is the book critic for the local newspaper.) krytyk2) (a person who finds fault: His critics would say that he is unsuitable for the job.) krytyk•- critical- critically
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7 decency
['diːsənsɪ]nprzyzwoitość f, poczucie nt przyzwoitości* * *noun ((the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent: In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.) przyzwoitość -
8 defect
1. ['diːfɛkt] nwada f, defekt m2. [dɪ'fɛkt] vito defect to the enemy — przejść ( perf) na stronę wroga
to defect to the West — uciec ( perf) na Zachód
* * *1. ['di:fekt] noun(a fault or flaw: It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china.) wada, skaza2. [di'fekt] verb(to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert: He defected to the West.) uchodzić- defective -
9 failing
['feɪlɪŋ] 1. nwada f2. prepjeżeli nie będzie +gen* * *noun (a fault or weakness: He may have his failings, but he has always treated his children well.) słabość -
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11 impediment
[ɪm'pɛdɪmənt]nutrudnienie nt, przeszkoda f* * *[im'pedimənt]1) (something that delays or prevents.) utrudnienie2) (a small fault in a person's speech: A stammer is a speech impediment.) wada -
12 imperfect
[ɪm'pəːfɪkt] 1. adj 2. n ( LING)(also: imperfect tense) czas m przeszły o aspekcie niedokonanym* * *[im'pə:fikt]1) (having a fault: This coat is being sold at half-price because it is imperfect.) wadliwy2) (( also noun) (a verb) of the tense expressing an action or state in the past which is not completed: The verb `go' in `I was going' is in the imperfect tense.) niedokonany•- imperfection -
13 imperfection
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14 punishment
['pʌnɪʃmənt]nkara f* * *1) (the act of punishing or process of being punished.) karanie2) (suffering, or a penalty, imposed for a crime, fault etc: He was sent to prison for two years as (a) punishment.) kara -
15 shame
[ʃeɪm] 1. nwstyd m2. vtit is a shame to … — szkoda +infin
it is a shame that … — szkoda, że …
to put sb to shame — zawstydzać (zawstydzić perf) kogoś
* * *[ʃeim] 1. noun1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) wstyd2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) hańba3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) skandal4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) szkoda2. verb1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) wymóc na, zmusić2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) zawstydzić•- shameful- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
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17 vanity
['vænɪtɪ]npróżność f* * *['vænəti]1) (excessive admiration of oneself; conceit: Vanity is her chief fault.) próżność2) (worthlessness or pointlessness: the vanity of human ambition.) daremność, czczość
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