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1 слабость
ж.1) ( отсутствие сил) weakness, feebleness, debility; мед. astheniaв мину́ту сла́бости — in a weak moment
при́ступ сла́бости — fit of weakness
чу́вствовать сла́бость — feel low / poorly
по сла́бости здоро́вья — on account of poor health
2) (к; склонность, пристрастие) weakness (for)пита́ть сла́бость к кому́-л — have a soft corner / spot in one's heart for smb
3) ( недостаток) weak point / side; ( характера) foibleпоня́тная челове́ческая сла́бость — an all-too-human foible
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2 человеческая слабость
1) General subject: human foible2) Aviation medicine: human failureУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > человеческая слабость
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foible — n. a human foible * * * [ fɔɪb(ə)l] a human foible … Combinatory dictionary
foible — /foy beuhl/, n. 1. a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: an all too human foible. 2. the weaker part of a sword blade, between the middle and the point (opposed to forte). [1640 50; < F, obs. form of faible FEEBLE] Syn … Universalium
foible — I noun blemish, defect, deficiency, demerit, failing, failure, fault, flaw, frailty, frailty of character, human weakness, imperfection, lack, limitation, moral weakness, need, problem, room for improvement, shortcoming, vice, vitium, want, weak… … Law dictionary
human weakness — index foible, frailty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
foible — [[t]fɔ͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] foibles N COUNT A foible is a habit or characteristic that someone has which is considered rather strange, foolish, or bad but which is also considered unimportant. ...human foibles and weaknesses. Syn: quirk … English dictionary
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frailty — I noun blemish, breakability, brittleness, debility, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, delicacy, demerit, destructibility, enervation, failing, failure, failure of strength, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flaw, flimsiness, foible, fragilitas,… … Law dictionary
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At fault — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cross faults — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
