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1 fault
[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) napaka2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) hiba3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) prelomnica2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) očitati- faultlessly
- faulty
- at fault
- find fault with
- to a fault* * *I [fɔ:lt]nounnapaka, hiba, pomanjkljaj, pomota; krivda; geology prelomnica; hunting zguba sledi; electrical zguba električnega toka, slaba izolacija; technical motnja, defektto be at fault — zgubiti sled; biti v zadregi; motiti seto find fault with s.o. — grajati koga, očitati komu kajto a fault — več kakor je prav, pretiranogeology fault plane — dislokacijacommerce with all faults — na kupčev rizikoII [fɔ:lt]transitive verb & intransitive verbgeology dislocirati (se); grajati; hunting zgubiti sled; sport slabo odbiti žogo -
2 at fault
(wrong or to blame: She was at fault.) motiti se -
3 find fault with
(to criticize or complain of: She is always finding fault with the way he eats.) grajati -
4 to a fault
(to too great an extent: She was generous to a fault.) pretirano -
5 foul-tongued
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6 err on the side of
(to be guilty of what might be seen as a fault in order to avoid an opposite and greater fault: It is better to err on the side of leniency when punishing a child.) pretiravati -
7 apologize
(to say that one is sorry, for having done something wrong, for a fault etc: I must apologize to her for my rudeness.) opravičiti se (za)- apologetically
- apology* * *[əpɔlədžaiz]intransitive verb ( for za, to komu) opravičiti, braniti se -
8 blame
[bleim] 1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) kriviti2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) očitati2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) odgovornost* * *I [bleim]transitive verb( for) grajati, oštevati; za odgovornega smatratiwho is to blame? — čigava krivda je?colloquially they blamed it on us — smatrali so nas za kriveslang blame me if — naj me vrag vzame, čeII [bleim]noungraja, ukor; krivda, odgovornostto lay ( —ali put, throw) the blame on s.o. ( —ali at s.o.'s door) — dolžiti koga, zvračati krivdo na kogato take the blame on o.s. — prevzeti krivdo naseto shift the blame on s.o. — (z)valiti krivdo na koga -
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10 chargeable
[čá:džəbl]adjective ( chargeably adverb)obremenilen; tožljiv, odgovorenchargeable on s.o. — ki ga je treba pripisati komu -
11 confession
[-ʃən]1) (acknowledgment of a crime or fault: The youth made a confession to the police officer.) priznanje2) ((an) act of confessing one's sins to a priest: She went to confession every Friday.) spoved* * *[kənféšən]nounpriznanje; ecclesiastic spoved; veroizpoved -
12 critic
['kritik]1) (a person who judges or comments on books, art etc: He is the book critic for the local newspaper.) ocenjevalec2) (a person who finds fault: His critics would say that he is unsuitable for the job.) kritik•- critical- critically
- criticize
- criticise
- criticism* * *[krítik]noun(of) presojevalec, ocenjevalec, grajalec, kritik -
13 critical
1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) kritičen2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) dlakocepski3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) kritičen* * *[krítikəl]adjective ( critically adverb)(of) strog, natančen; odločilen, nevaren, mučen; kritičen -
14 criticize
1) (to find fault (with): He's always criticizing her.) grajati2) (to give an opinion of or judgement on a book etc.) oceniti* * *[krítisaiz]transitive verbkritizirati, presojati, oceniti, obirati, pograjati -
15 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.) spodobnost* * *[dí:snsi]nounspodobnost, dostojnost, vljudnost -
16 defect
1. ['di:fekt] noun(a fault or flaw: It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china.) napaka2. [di'fekt] verb(to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert: He defected to the West.) prestopiti; prebežati- defective* * *I [difékt]noun(in) pomanjkanje; napaka, hiba, okvara, poškodbacommerce defect in manufacture — tovarniška napakaII [difékt]intransitive verbzbežati, dezertirati -
17 defective
[-tiv]adjective (having a fault or flaw: a defective machine; He is mentally defective.) pokvarjen; moten* * *I [diféktiv]adjective ( defectively adverb)pomanjkljiv, nepopoln, krnjav, okrnjen, popačen, okvarjen, hibav; napačen, pogrešendefective work — izvržek, škartII [diféktiv]nounduševno ali telesno manjvredna oseba; slaboumnež, -nica -
18 electrical
adjective (related to electricity: electrical engineering; electrical appliances; an electrical fault.) električen* * *[iléktrikəl]adjective ( electrically adverb)elektriški -
19 failing
noun (a fault or weakness: He may have his failings, but he has always treated his children well.) slabost* * *I [féiliŋ]adjective ( failingly adverb)nezadosten, slab, neuspešenfailing health — slabo zdravje, bolehnostII [féiliŋ]nounnapaka, slabost, pomanjkanje; polom, neuspehIII [féiliŋ]prepositionbrez, če ni, če ne bofailing this ( —ali which), which failing — v drugem primeru, sicer -
20 faultless
adjective (without fault; perfect: a faultless performance.) brezhiben* * *[fɔ:ltlis]adjective ( faultlessly adverb)brezhiben, popoln
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