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41 come unstuck
1) (to stop sticking: The label has come unstuck.) atlīmēties2) (to fail: Our plans have come unstuck.) neizdoties; izgāzties -
42 fall by the wayside
((of projects, ideas etc) to be abandoned; to fail.) atkrist; izrādīties nederīgs/nesekmīgs -
43 fall down
( sometimes with on) (to fail (in): He's falling down on his job.) netikt galā -
44 fall flat
((especially of jokes etc) to fail completely or to have no effect: Her joke fell flat.) izgāzties -
45 fall through
((of plans etc) to fail or come to nothing: Our plans fell through.) izgāzties; ciest neveiksmi -
46 fizzle out
(to fail, to come to nothing: The fire fizzled out.) izdzist; izgāzties; beigties ar neveiksmi -
47 go back on
(to fail to do (something one has promised to do): I never go back on my promises.) lauzt (doto vārdu u.tml.) -
48 he etc is likely to
(it is probable that he etc will: He is likely to fail.) -
49 keep one's cool
(not to become over-excited or confused: If you keep your cool you won't fail.) saglabāt mieru -
50 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) nolaist zemē2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) piekrāpt; pamest nelaimē3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) saplacināt (izlaižot gaisu)4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) pagarināt; palaist garāku (tērpu) -
51 miss out
1) (to omit or fail to include: I missed her out (of the list).) izlaist, neiekļaut2) ((often with on) to be left out of something: George missed out (on all the fun) because of his broken leg.) palaist garām; neizbaudīt -
52 slip up
to make a mistake; to fail to do something: They certainly slipped up badly over the new appointment (noun slip-up) kļūdīties
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