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1 find fault with
(to criticize or complain of: She is always finding fault with the way he eats.) priekabiauti, kabinėtis prie -
2 fault
[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) kaltė, klaida2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) trūkumas, defektas3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) sprūdis2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) prikibti prie- faultlessly
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- at fault
- find fault with
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3 blame
[bleim] 1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) kaltinti2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) priekaištauti2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) kaltė -
4 criticise
1) (to find fault (with): He's always criticizing her.) kritikuoti2) (to give an opinion of or judgement on a book etc.) nagrinėti, vertinti -
5 criticize
1) (to find fault (with): He's always criticizing her.) kritikuoti2) (to give an opinion of or judgement on a book etc.) nagrinėti, vertinti
См. также в других словарях:
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To find fault with — Find Find (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found} (found); p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pi ptein… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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