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B without fail adv phr [arrive, do] sans faute ; [happen] à coup sûr, immanquablement ; I'll be there at six o'clock without fail je serai là à six heures sans faute.C vtr1 Sch, Univ échouer à, rater ○ [exam, driving test] ; échouer or être collé ○ en [subject] ; coller ○, refuser [candidate, pupil] ; to fail sb coller ○ qn (in en) ;2 ( omit) to fail to do manquer de faire ; to fail to keep one's word manquer à ses promesses ; it never fails to annoy her ça ne manque jamais de l'agacer ; it never fails to work ça marche à tous les coups ; to fail to mention that… omettre de signaler que… ; to fail to appear (in court) Jur ne pas comparaître (devant le juge) ; if you fail to complete/return the form si vous ne remplissez/retournez pas ce formulaire ;3 ( be unable) to fail to do ne pas réussir à faire ; I failed to recognize her je ne l'ai pas reconnue ; one could hardly fail to notice that il était évident que ; I fail to see/understand why je ne vois pas/je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi ; the machine failed to meet our standards la machine ne correspondait pas à nos critères ; to fail to respond to treatment ne pas réagir à un traitement ;4 ( let down) laisser tomber [friend] ; manquer à ses engagements envers [dependant, supporter] ; [courage] manquer à [person] ; [memory] faire défaut à [person] ; I've never failed you yet! tu as toujours pu compter sur moi! ; the government has failed the nation le gouvernement n'a pas tenu ses engagements envers la nation ; words fail me! les mots me manquent!D vi1 ( be unsuccessful) [exam candidate] échouer, être collé ○ ; [attempt, technique, plan, negotiations] échouer ; he failed in the exams/in history il a échoué or il a été collé ○ aux examens/en histoire ; to fail in one's attempt to do échouer dans sa tentative de faire ; to fail miserably échouer lamentablement ; to fail in one's duty manquer or faillir à son devoir ; if all else fails en dernier recours ;2 ( weaken) [eyesight, hearing] baisser ; [health, person] décliner ; [voice] s'affaiblir ; [light] baisser, décliner ; to be failing fast [person, health] décliner à vue d'œil ;3 ( not function) [brakes] lâcher ; [engine] tomber en panne ; [power, electricity, water supply] être coupé ; [food supply] manquer ;4 Agric [crop] être mauvais ;5 ( go bankrupt) faire faillite ;
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