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failing

  • 1 failing

    noun (a fault or weakness: He may have his failings, but he has always treated his children well.) trūkumas, silpnybė

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  • 2 fail

    [feil] 1. verb
    1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) ko nors nepadaryti, nepavykti
    2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) sugesti
    3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) pritrūkti, neužtekti
    4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) parašyti nepatenkinamą pažymį
    5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) apvilti
    2. preposition
    (if (something) fails or is lacking: Failing his help, we shall have to try something else.) nesant, nepavykus gauti
    - without fail

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  • 3 border

    ['bo:də] 1. noun
    1) (the edge of a particular thing: the border of a picture/handkerchief.) kraštas
    2) (the boundary of a country: They'll ask for your passport at the border.) siena
    3) (a flower bed round the edge of a lawn etc: a flower border.) pakraštys
    2. verb
    ((with on) to come near to or lie on the border of: Germany borders on France.) ribotis, turėti bendrą sieną
    3. noun
    (the border between one thing and another: He was on the borderline between passing and failing.) riba

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  • 4 despise

    1) (to look upon with scorn and contempt: I know he despises me for failing my exam.) niekinti
    2) (to refuse to have, use etc; to scorn: She despises such luxuries as fur boots.) niekinti
    - despicably

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  • 5 disobedience

    [-'bi:djəns]
    noun (failing or refusing to obey: You must be punished for your disobedience!) nepaklusnumas

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  • 6 disobedient

    [-'bi:djənt]
    adjective (failing or refusing to obey: a disobedient child.) nepaklusnus

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  • 7 failure

    [-jə]
    1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) nesėkmė, gedimas
    2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) nevykėlis
    3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) ko nors nepadarymas

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  • 8 frailty

    plural - frailties; noun (physical weakness or (a) moral failing: She loved him in spite of his frailties.) silpnumas, silpnybė

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  • 9 scrape through

    (to only just avoid failing: He scraped through his exams.) vos pralįsti, išlaikyti

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  • 10 within an inch of

    (almost; very near(ly): He came within an inch of failing the exam.) vos ne

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См. также в других словарях:

  • Failing — Fail ing, n. 1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing. [1913 Webster] And ever in her mind she cast about For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • failing — [adj] not well, weak declining, defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsufficient, unthriving, vain, wanting; concepts 485,489 Ant. healthy, ok,… …   New thesaurus

  • failing — [fāl′iŋ] n. 1. a failure 2. a slight fault or defect; weakness prep. without; lacking [failing a good voter turnout, our candidate will lose] SYN. FAULT …   English World dictionary

  • failing — I noun asthenia, atony, blemish, cachexia, collapse, debilitation, decadence, decay, decline, decrepitude, defeat, deficiency, delinquency, disadvantage, failure, fallibility, fault, fiasco, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, inadequacy,… …   Law dictionary

  • failing — defect, fault, 1580s, verbal noun from FAIL (Cf. fail) …   Etymology dictionary

  • failing — n frailty, foible, *fault, vice Analogous words: *blemish, flaw, defect: weakness, infirmity (see corresponding adjectives at WEAK) Antonyms: perfection (in concrete sense) Contrasted words: *excellence, merit, virtue …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • failing — ► NOUN ▪ a weakness in a person s character. ► PREPOSITION ▪ if not …   English terms dictionary

  • failing — fail|ing1 [ feılıŋ ] noun count a fault or a weak point that makes someone or something less effective: He had his failings, but he was basically a good man. the failings of the criminal justice system failing fail|ing 2 [ feılıŋ ] adjective no… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • failing — I UK [ˈfeɪlɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms failing : singular failing plural failings a fault or a weak point that makes someone or something less effective He had his failings, but he was basically a good man. the failings of the criminal… …   English dictionary

  • failing — failingly, adv. failingness, n. /fay ling/, n. 1. an act or instance of failing; failure: His failing is due to general incompetence. 2. a defect or fault; shortcoming; weakness: His lack of knowledge is a grave failing. prep. 3. in the absence… …   Universalium

  • failing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major, serious (esp. BrE), worst ▪ Vanity is her worst failing. ▪ common, human ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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