"fail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

fail verbo

verbo + fail
Kolokacji: 11
doomed to fail • begin to fail • cause to fail • go to fail • fail by appointing • ...
fail + preposición
Kolokacji: 29
fail during • fail at • fail in • fail after • fail to • ...
fail + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 98
fail miserably • fail utterly • repeatedly fail • fail completely • eventually fail • largely failed • simply fail • fail twice • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 20
(6) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(7) narrowly, generally
Kolokacji: 2
(9) hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) entirely, alone
Kolokacji: 2
1. clearly fail = najwyraźniej doznaj niepowodzenia clearly fail
2. inexplicably fail = w sposób niewytłumaczalny doznać niepowodzenia inexplicably fail
3. mysteriously fail = w tajemniczy sposób doznaj niepowodzenia mysteriously fail
4. unaccountably fail = z niewyjaśnionych przyczyn doznać niepowodzenia unaccountably fail
  • When one of the ship's lights failed unaccountably or a lift directed him to the wrong level, this was Sun Stealer's doing.
  • Observers in the fortress even noticed that some of the French camps seemed to be empty, yet Wurmser unaccountably failed to act.
  • Prevost forced Downie into a premature attack, but then unaccountably failed to provide the promised military backing.
  • He headed Sussex' bowling averages in 1933, 1935, 1937 and 1939, but unaccountably failed as a bowler in the wet summers of 1936 and 1938.
  • West continued to six clubs and North unaccountably failed to double.
  • This reasonable attitude unaccountably failed to console Emerson.
  • The hunt was up, and they would not let another enemy slip past them, having unaccountably failed once before.
  • Do you mean "their political system which unaccountably fails to give the results of which I would approve"?
  • Orla tried to come to her husband's aid, but her body unaccountably failed her.
  • Even worse, its 12 men of the year unaccountably fails to include YouTube phenomenon, Fenton the Dog.
(13) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(15) catastrophically, safe
Kolokacji: 2
(17) suddenly, gradually
Kolokacji: 2
(18) sadly, lamentably, tragically
Kolokacji: 3
(19) properly, improperly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) disastrously, unfortunately
Kolokacji: 2

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