"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
(15) catastrophically, safe
Kolokacji: 2
(17) suddenly, gradually
Kolokacji: 2
(18) sadly, lamentably, tragically
Kolokacji: 3
1. sadly fail = smutno doznaj niepowodzenia sadly fail
  • Mobutu instilled a deep fear of dissent and sadly failed to develop his country's vast resources.
  • The Telugu version sadly fails and scores on no account.
  • The mooted 'frog theme' for the tour sadly failed to come to fruition.
  • Sadly failing a drugs test now puts doubt on her right to hold the race record.
  • We are failing sadly if he is happier in a cell than out among us.
  • It is an example of Nigerian ingenuity that sadly failed to blossom fully.
  • The book sadly fails to note the larger implications of its story.
  • You as a "religious affairs correspondent" sadly failed.
  • Parts of the test-tube fusion episode failed sadly on this score.
  • I wouldn't have known it was there unless I had been trying, and sadly failing, to customise the new homepage.
2. fail lamentably = doznaj niepowodzenia żenująco fail lamentably
3. tragically fail = tragicznie doznaj niepowodzenia tragically fail
(19) properly, improperly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) disastrously, unfortunately
Kolokacji: 2

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