"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
(13) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
1. frequently fail = często doznaj niepowodzenia frequently fail
  • Four spades was reached at several tables, and the defense frequently failed.
  • The present review board frequently fails to act because investigators can't decide whom to believe.
  • Religions frequently fail to live up to their high moral standards.
  • At other tables, the same contract frequently failed, when South lost control.
  • When back in action, Ramirez frequently failed to run out ground balls.
  • The boilers, however, failed frequently because they were not maintained.
  • However, against the British they frequently failed to deploy into line before being engaged.
  • Closely held companies, on the other hand, frequently fail for a variety of reasons too numerous to name.
  • The heat frequently failed, and hot water was scarce.
  • And they frequently fail to deliver the promised energy performance.
2. occasionally fail = od czasu do czasu doznaj niepowodzenia occasionally fail
(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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