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81 be sure to
(don't fail to: Be sure to switch off the television.) ne pas manquer/oublier de -
82 be up to / below standard
(to (fail to) achieve the required standard: Her work is well up to standard.) (n')être (pas) à la hauteur -
83 bite the dust
(to fail; to be unsuccessful: That's another scheme that's bitten the dust.) mordre la poussière -
84 bomb
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85 break down
1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) enfoncer2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) tomber en panne3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) échouer4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) craquer -
86 break one's word
(to keep or fail to keep one's promise.) tenir/manquer à (sa) parole -
87 care
[keə] 1. noun1) (close attention: Do it with care.) soin2) (keeping; protection: Your belongings will be safe in my care.) sous la garde de3) ((a cause for) worry: free from care; all the cares of the world.) souci4) (treatment: medical care; skin care.)2. verb1) (to be anxious or concerned: Don't you care if you fail?; I couldn't care less (= It's of no importance to me); She really cares about her career.) se soucier (de)2) (to be willing (to): Would you care to have dinner with me?) vouloir (bien)•- careful- carefully - carefulness - careless - carelessly - carelessness - carefree - caregiver - caretaker - careworn - care for - care of - take care - take care of -
88 catch out
1) (to put out (a batsman) at cricket by catching the ball after it has been hit and before it touches the ground.) mettre hors jeu à balle attrapée2) (to cause (someone) to fail by means of a trick, a difficult question etc: The last question in the exam caught them all out.) prendre au dépourvu -
89 collapse
[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) s'écrouler2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) s'effondrer3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) s'écrouler4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) se plier• -
90 come to grief
(to meet disaster; to fail: The project came to grief.) tourner mal -
91 come to nothing
(to fail: His plans came to nothing.) ne pas aboutir -
92 come unstuck
1) (to stop sticking: The label has come unstuck.) (se) décoller2) (to fail: Our plans have come unstuck.) tomber à l'eau -
93 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) fracas2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) accident3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) faillite4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) (se) fracasser2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) (faire) percuter3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) s'écraser4) ((of a business) to fail.) faire faillite5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) passer à travers qqch. avec fracas6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intensif- crash-land -
94 disappoint
[disə'point](to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of: London disappointed her after all she had heard about it.) décevoir- disappointing - disappointment -
95 disobey
[disə'bei](to fail or refuse to do what is commanded: He disobeyed my orders not to go into the road; He disobeyed his mother.) désobéir- disobedient - disobediently -
96 dissatisfy
(to fail to satisfy or to displease: The teacher was dissatisfied with the pupil's work.) mécontenter -
97 doom
[du:m] 1. noun(fate, especially something terrible and final which is about to happen (to one): The whole place had an atmosphere of doom; His doom was inevitable.) ruine, perte2. verb(to condemn; to make certain to come to harm, fail etc: His crippled leg doomed him to long periods of unemployment; The project was doomed to failure; He was doomed from the moment he first took drugs.) condamner -
98 fall by the wayside
((of projects, ideas etc) to be abandoned; to fail.) rester en plan -
99 fall down
( sometimes with on) (to fail (in): He's falling down on his job.) ne pas être à la hauteur -
100 fall flat
((especially of jokes etc) to fail completely or to have no effect: Her joke fell flat.) tomber à plat
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