"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
1. simply fail = po prostu doznaj niepowodzenia simply fail
  • He simply failed to show up for work one day, and I have not seen him since.
  • Or simply failed to fight hard enough, some state officials say.
  • They have simply failed to make the play on the ball.
  • It's now clear that the policy has not simply failed.
  • First of all, the technology has simply failed in several recent elections.
  • Was this something I had simply failed to notice before?
  • I would simply fail to help you to stay alive.
  • Workers often simply failed to determine whether the birth parents were able, or even wanted, to care for their children again.
  • The rest of the world has simply failed to take obvious steps.
  • Had he simply failed to notice the signs of age on her?
2. merely fail = jedynie doznaj niepowodzenia merely fail
(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
(19) properly, improperly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) disastrously, unfortunately
Kolokacji: 2

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