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1 fault
n. skavank, brist; fel, misstag; skuld, någons fel--------v. anmärka på, kritisera, klandra; fela, göra misstag* * *[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) fel, skuld2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) fel, skavank3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) förkastning2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) anmärka på, kritisera- faultlessly
- faulty
- at fault
- find fault with
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2 at fault
(wrong or to blame: She was at fault.) ta fel, vara skyldig -
3 to a fault
(to too great an extent: She was generous to a fault.) överdrivet, alldeles för -
4 decency
n. anständighet, ärbarhet* * *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.) anständighet -
5 freely
adv. fritt, obehindrat; ogenerat* * *1) (in a free manner: to give freely to charity; to speak freely.) fritt, öppet, frikostigt2) (willingly; readily: I freely admit it was my fault.) öppet, oförbehållsamt((also freephone; American toll-free number) a telephone number of a business or an organization that can be used free of charge by their customers etc; the system giving this service.) -
6 right of way
förkörsrätt; rätt att passera, allemansrätt till väg* * *1) (the right of the public to use a path that goes across private property.) allemansrätt, servitut2) ((right-of-way - plural rights-of-way) a road or path over private land, along which the public have a right to walk.) allmän väg3) (the right of one car etc to move first eg when crossing a cross-roads, or going round a roundabout: It was your fault that our cars crashed - I had right of way.) förkörsrätt -
7 shame
n. skam; skamkänsla; vanära; skamsenhet--------v. skämmas; skämma ut; förödmjuka; dra vanära över* * *[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.) skam, skamsenhet2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) skam, vanära3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) en skam4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) synd2. verb1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) få ngn att för skams skull göra ngt2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) få att skämmas, skämma ut•- shameful- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
- to my
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8 critical
adj. kritisk; riskfylld, farlig* * *1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) kritisk2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) kritisk3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) kritisk -
9 defect
n. defekt, ofullkomlighet, fel--------v. hoppa av* * *1. ['di:fekt] noun(a fault or flaw: It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china.) defekt2. [di'fekt] verb(to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert: He defected to the West.) hoppa av- defective -
10 imperfect
adj. ofullständig; bristfällig, defekt; imperfektiv, pågående form (grammatik)--------n. progressiv form, pågående form (grammatik)* * *[im'pə:fikt]1) (having a fault: This coat is being sold at half-price because it is imperfect.) bristfällig, defekt2) (( 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.) progressiv form•- imperfection -
11 punish
v. straffa, bestraffa* * *1) (to cause to suffer for a crime or fault: He was punished for stealing the money.) straffa2) (to give punishment for: The teacher punishes disobedience.) bestraffa•- punishment
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12 punishment
n. straff, bestraffning; böter* * *1) (the act of punishing or process of being punished.) bestraffning, straff2) (suffering, or a penalty, imposed for a crime, fault etc: He was sent to prison for two years as (a) punishment.) bestraffning, straff
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