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1 fault
[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) chyba2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) chyba; nedostatok3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) zlom2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) nájsť chybu- faultlessly
- faulty
- at fault
- find fault with
- to a fault* * *• vina• usvedcit z neprávosti• vytýkat• zlom• závada• skazit• strata stopy• stratená stopa• upozornit na závadu• udelit zlú známku• urobit chybu• priesmyk• presun• priestupok• dopustit sa chyby• hriech• kaz• dislokovat• chyba• chybné podanie (tenis)• dislokácia• rýpat• porucha• poškodenie• pokles• kritizovat• nájst chybu• nedopatrenie• nedostatok• nízko ohodnotit• omyl -
2 decency
noun ((the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent: In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.) mravnosť, slušnosť* * *• slušné vystupovanie• slušnost• slušné vyjadrovanie sa• mravopocestnost• mravnost -
3 failing
noun (a fault or weakness: He may have his failings, but he has always treated his children well.) chyba* * *• chyba• nedostatok -
4 punishment
1) (the act of punishing or process of being punished.) trestanie2) (suffering, or a penalty, imposed for a crime, fault etc: He was sent to prison for two years as (a) punishment.) trest* * *• trest -
5 shortcoming
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6 vice
I noun(a kind of strong tool for holding an object firmly, usually between two metal jaws: The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vice; He has a grip like a vice.) zverákII noun1) (a serious moral fault: Continual lying is a vice.) neresť, nemravnosť2) (a bad habit: Smoking is not one of my vices.) zlozvyk* * *• vice- (predpona)• vada• zhýralost• zlá vlastnost• zlo• zástupca• zverák• zlozvyk• slabina• škripec• upnút do zveráku• držat• chyba• rucná svorka• prostitúcia• povahový kaz• miesto- (predpona)• na miesto• miesto• nemorálnost• nemravnost• nedokonalost• nespôsob• nedostatok• nerest -
7 blame
[bleim] 1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) viniť2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) vyčítať2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) vina* * *• vinit• vina• hanobit• hana• dávat za vinu -
8 blemish
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9 confession
[-ʃən]1) (acknowledgment of a crime or fault: The youth made a confession to the police officer.) priznanie2) ((an) act of confessing one's sins to a priest: She went to confession every Friday.) spoveď* * *• spoved• priznanie -
10 critic
['kritik]1) (a person who judges or comments on books, art etc: He is the book critic for the local newspaper.) kritik2) (a person who finds fault: His critics would say that he is unsuitable for the job.) kritik•- critical- critically
- criticize
- criticise
- criticism* * *• kritik -
11 defect
1. ['di:fekt] noun(a fault or flaw: It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china.) kaz2. [di'fekt] verb(to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert: He defected to the West.) prestúpiť k; emigrovať- defective* * *• vada• zbehnút• závada• slabost• emigrovat• kaz• chyba• chabost• defekt• dislokácia• dezertovat• porucha• poškodenie• prebehnút• nepevnost• nedostatok• odpadnút -
12 flaw
[flo:](a fault; something which makes something not perfect: a flaw in the material.) kaz- flawed- flawless* * *• vada• závada• zrušit• trhlina• urobit trhlinu• formálna chyba• kaz• defekt• chyba• puklina• roztrhnút• pokazit• popraskat• prasklina• porušit• prasknút• poškodit• krátka snehová búrka• náraz vetra -
13 impediment
[im'pedimənt]1) (something that delays or prevents.) prekážka2) (a small fault in a person's speech: A stammer is a speech impediment.) chyba* * *• prekážka -
14 imperfect
[im'pə:fikt]1) (having a fault: This coat is being sold at half-price because it is imperfect.) nedokonalý, neúplný2) (( also noun) (a verb) of the tense expressing an action or state in the past which is not completed: The verb `go' in `I was going' is in the imperfect tense.) nedokonavý•- imperfection* * *• kazový• nedokonalý -
15 imperfection
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16 shame
[ʃeim] 1. noun1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) hanba2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) hanba, potupa3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) hanba4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) škoda2. verb1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) prinútiť2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) zahanbiť•- shameful- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
- to my
- his shame* * *• zahanbit• zhanobit• zneuctenie• smola• škvrna• stud• urobit hanbu• hanbit sa• hanba• dat triumf• otrava• potupa• nepríjemnost -
17 vanity
['vænəti]1) (excessive admiration of oneself; conceit: Vanity is her chief fault.) márnivosť2) (worthlessness or pointlessness: the vanity of human ambition.) márnosť* * *• samolúbost• toaletný stolík• tašticka• toaletka• domýšlavost• pýcha• prázdnota• kufrík• malichernost• modla• mäkké púzdro• márnivost• márnost• namyslenost
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fault line — noun (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth s surface • Topics: ↑geology • Hypernyms: ↑line • Part Holonyms: ↑fault, ↑faulting, ↑geological fault … Useful english dictionary
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fault breccia — noun or fault rubble : a rock composed of angular fragments that have resulted from movement along a fault : crush breccia * * * Geol. angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to… … Useful english dictionary
fault´i|ness — fault|y «FL tee», adjective, fault|i|er, fault|i|est. 1. having faults; containing blemishes or errors; wrong; imperfect; defective: » … Useful english dictionary
fault´i|ly — fault|y «FL tee», adjective, fault|i|er, fault|i|est. 1. having faults; containing blemishes or errors; wrong; imperfect; defective: » … Useful english dictionary
