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fails

/feɪlz/

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noun

Défauts, ratés

Poor quality; substandard workmanship.

Examples :

"The project was full of fail."

Le projet était plein de défauts.

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noun

Échec

A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)

Examples :

"The team analyzed the experiment's fails to understand what went wrong. "

L'équipe a analysé les échecs de l'expérience pour comprendre ce qui n'a pas fonctionné.

outcome condition negative

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noun

Échec

A failure (something incapable of success)

Examples :

"The project's numerous fails highlighted the team's lack of planning. "

Les nombreux échecs du projet ont mis en évidence le manque de planification de l'équipe.

outcome negative

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noun

Échec

A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).

Examples :

""The high number of mortgage fails last year indicates a problem with the housing market." "

Le nombre élevé d'échecs hypothécaires l'année dernière indique un problème avec le marché immobilier.

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noun

Échec, note éliminatoire

A failing grade in an academic examination.

Examples :

"After months of hard work, Sarah was devastated to see two fails on her final report card. "

Après des mois de dur labeur, Sarah a été dévastée de voir deux échecs sur son bulletin final.

education mark outcome

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verb

Échouer

To be unsuccessful.

Examples :

"Throughout my life, I have always failed."

Tout au long de ma vie, j'ai toujours échoué.

outcome achievement action

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verb

Échouer

Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)

Examples :

"The truck failed to start."

Le camion n'a pas démarré.

achievement outcome action

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verb

Manquer à, faillir à

Examples :

"The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors."

Le rapport ne tient pas compte de tous les facteurs atténuants.

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verb

Tomber en panne, cesser de fonctionner

Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.

Examples :

"After running five minutes, the engine failed."

Après avoir fonctionné cinq minutes, le moteur est tombé en panne.

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verb

Échouer, manquer, faillir

To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.

Examples :

"The old car often fails to start on cold mornings. "

La vieille voiture ne démarre souvent pas le matin quand il fait froid.

outcome action negative character

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verb

Échouer

To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.

Examples :

"I failed English last year."

J'ai échoué en anglais l'année dernière.

education achievement outcome

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verb

Échouer, refuser

To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.

Examples :

"The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments."

Le professeur m'a refusé parce que je n'avais pas fait les devoirs du cours.

education achievement outcome

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verb

Échoue, manque

To miss attaining; to lose.

Examples :

"The student fails the test if they don't answer enough questions correctly. "

L'étudiant échoue au test s'il ne répond pas correctement à suffisamment de questions.

outcome action achievement

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verb

Échouer, manquer

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.

Examples :

"The crops failed last year."

Les récoltes ont échoué l'année dernière.

outcome achievement business function ability negative

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verb

Échouer, manquer

To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.

Examples :

"The bakery often fails of sugar during busy weekends, forcing them to close early. "

La boulangerie manque souvent de sucre pendant les week-ends chargés, ce qui l'oblige à fermer plus tôt.

condition negative gap

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verb

Échouer, faillir, décliner

To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Examples :

"The old woman's health fails more each day. "

La santé de la vieille femme décline de plus en plus chaque jour.

condition process action situation

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verb

Défaillir, faiblir

To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.

Examples :

"A sick man fails."

Un homme malade faiblit.

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verb

Mourir, décéder

To perish; to die; used of a person.

Examples :

"The old oak tree, weakened by disease, finally fails and falls to the ground. "

Le vieux chêne, affaibli par la maladie, finit par mourir et tombe à terre.

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verb

Se tromper, échouer

To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Examples :

"The weather forecast sometimes fails, predicting sunshine when it actually rains. "

Les prévisions météorologiques se trompent parfois, prédisant du soleil alors qu'il pleut réellement.

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verb

Faire faillite, échouer

To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Examples :

"The small bakery fails because it cannot pay its suppliers for the flour and sugar needed to make its cakes. "

La petite boulangerie fait faillite car elle ne peut pas payer ses fournisseurs pour la farine et le sucre nécessaires à la fabrication de ses gâteaux.

business finance economy

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noun

Motte de gazon, tourbe

A piece of turf cut from grassland.

Examples :

"The groundskeeper carefully replaced the fails in the soccer field after the heavy rain washed some away. "

Le jardinier a soigneusement remplacé les mottes de gazon sur le terrain de football après que la forte pluie en ait emporté certaines.

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