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1 fault
[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) kļūda; vaina2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) trūkums; defekts; bojājums3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) plaisa2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) atrast kļūdu- faultlessly
- faulty
- at fault
- find fault with
- to a fault* * *defekts, trūkums; vaina; kļūda; nepareiza serve; bojājums, avārija; pārtraukums; pārbaudījums; pēdu pazaudēšana; nosodīt; nepareizi servēt -
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.)* * *pieklājība; pieklājības normas; laipnība -
3 failing
noun (a fault or weakness: He may have his failings, but he has always treated his children well.) trūkums; vājība* * *vājība, trūkums -
4 punishment
1) (the act of punishing or process of being punished.) sods; sodīšana2) (suffering, or a penalty, imposed for a crime, fault etc: He was sent to prison for two years as (a) punishment.) sods* * *sods; barga izturēšanās -
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.) skrūvspīlesII noun1) (a serious moral fault: Continual lying is a vice.) netikums2) (a bad habit: Smoking is not one of my vices.) slikts ieradums* * *skrūvspīles; vice, vietnieks; netikums; defekts, trūkums -
7 blame
[bleim] 1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) vainot2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) vainot2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) vaina; atbildība* * *atbildība, vaina; pārmetums; vainot -
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.) atzīšanās2) ((an) act of confessing one's sins to a priest: She went to confession every Friday.) grēksūdze* * *atzīšanās; grēksūdze; konfesija, ticība -
10 critic
['kritik]1) (a person who judges or comments on books, art etc: He is the book critic for the local newspaper.) kritiķis2) (a person who finds fault: His critics would say that he is unsuitable for the job.) kritiķis•- critical- critically
- criticize
- criticise
- criticism* * *kritiķis; pēlējs -
11 defect
1. ['di:fekt] noun(a fault or flaw: It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china.) trūkums; defekts2. [di'fekt] verb(to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert: He defected to the West.) pārbēgt; meklēt politisku patvērumu- defective* * *defekts, vaina, trūkums; bojājums; dezertēt, atkrist; meklēt politisku patvērumu -
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13 impediment
[im'pedimənt]1) (something that delays or prevents.) kavēklis; traucēklis2) (a small fault in a person's speech: A stammer is a speech impediment.) [] defekts* * *traucējums, kavēklis -
14 imperfect
[im'pə:fikt]1) (having a fault: This coat is being sold at half-price because it is imperfect.) ar defektiem/trūkumiem; nepilnīgs2) (( 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.) imperfekts; nepabeigts•- imperfection* * *imperfekts; defektīvs, nepilnīgs; nepabeigts, nepilnīgs -
15 imperfection
[-'fekʃən]noun ((the state of having) a fault or defect.) nepilnība; defekts; trūkums* * *nepilnība, defekts, trūkums; nepabeigtība, nepilnība -
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.) kauns2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) negods3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) kauns4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) žēlums; nepatika2. verb1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) nokaunināt (un likt darīt)2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) apkaunot•- shameful- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
- to my
- his shame* * *kauns, negods; nepatika; apkaunot; kaunināt -
17 vanity
['vænəti]1) (excessive admiration of oneself; conceit: Vanity is her chief fault.) iedomība2) (worthlessness or pointlessness: the vanity of human ambition.) niecība* * *niecība; iedomība, uzpūtība; tualetes galdiņš
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