"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
2. fail lamentably = doznaj niepowodzenia żenująco fail lamentably
3. tragically fail = tragicznie doznaj niepowodzenia tragically fail
  • That was the theory, and that was precisely, in the opinion of some, what scholastic theology tragically failed to do.
  • To this extent, Judaism could be said to have failed, and failed tragically.
  • "In our view," the court said, "given the undisputed fact of Sorlucco's brutal sexual assault, the New York Police Department tragically failed to show the sensitivity to the physical trauma and the resulting psychological manifestations commonly experienced by rape victims."
  • The crisis over the abduction of an Israeli soldier, Nahshon Waxman, by Hamas extremists, leading to yesterday's tragically failed rescue attempt, illustrates the continuing vulnerability of peace efforts.
  • Jackson might have had some success where Bell tragically failed.
  • Altruism often requires that we take care of ourselves first, which is exactly what the subject of Oren Harman's enthralling book "The Price of Altruism" tragically failed to do.
  • I fear we've already tragically failed at the latter, and this woman will have to bear the cost.
  • Raja Sen of Rediff rated it 2/5 and said, "Raavan truly and tragically fails us is in taking one of our greatest epics, and making it unforgivably boring".
  • Father and son bicker about what is best for Will, but tragically fail to resolve their dispute before it is too late.
  • But a committee of top Republicans from the federal government and the states said he had "failed tragically" to prepare for the start of Medicare.
(19) properly, improperly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) disastrously, unfortunately
Kolokacji: 2

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