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[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) napaka2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) hiba3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) prelomnica2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) očitati- faultlessly
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- to a fault* * *I [fɔ:lt]nounnapaka, hiba, pomanjkljaj, pomota; krivda; geology prelomnica; hunting zguba sledi; electrical zguba električnega toka, slaba izolacija; technical motnja, defektto be at fault — zgubiti sled; biti v zadregi; motiti seto find fault with s.o. — grajati koga, očitati komu kajto a fault — več kakor je prav, pretiranogeology fault plane — dislokacijacommerce with all faults — na kupčev rizikoII [fɔ:lt]transitive verb & intransitive verbgeology dislocirati (se); grajati; hunting zgubiti sled; sport slabo odbiti žogo -
2 to a fault
(to too great an extent: She was generous to a fault.) pretirano
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generous to a fault — {adj. phr.} Excessively generous. * /Generous to a fault, my Aunt Elizabeth gave away all her rare books to her old college./ … Dictionary of American idioms
generous to a fault — {adj. phr.} Excessively generous. * /Generous to a fault, my Aunt Elizabeth gave away all her rare books to her old college./ … Dictionary of American idioms
generous\ to\ a\ fault — adj. phr. Excessively generous. Generous to a fault, my Aunt Elizabeth gave away all her rare books to her old college … Словарь американских идиом
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fault — 1 noun (C) 1 RESPONSIBLE FOR MISTAKE be sb s fault if something bad that has happened is someone s fault, they should be blamed for it, because they made a mistake or failed to do something: I m really sorry it s all my fault. | be sb s own fault … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fault — noun 1 responsibility for sth wrong ADJECTIVE ▪ stupid ▪ It s his own stupid fault his car was stolen he should have kept it locked. ▪ entire ▪ It was my entire fault. I ruined everything. FAULT + VERB … Collocations dictionary
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fault — /fawlt/, n. 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one s character. 2. responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 3. an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 4.… … Universalium
fault — [[t]fɔ͟ːlt[/t]] ♦♦♦ faults, faulting, faulted 1) N SING: with poss If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault... A few borrowers will find… … English dictionary
fault — n. & v. n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or other defect in an electric circuit. 3 a transgression, offence, or thing wrongly done. 4 a Tennis etc. a service of the ball not in accordance with … Useful english dictionary
fault — [fɔ:lt, fɒlt] noun 1》 an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature; a defect or mistake. ↘(in tennis and similar games) a service of the ball not in accordance with the rules. 2》 responsibility for an accident or misfortune. 3》 Geology an… … English new terms dictionary