[klūa søp tok] (v, exp) EN: be afraid of failing an examination ; be afraid of flunking FR: craindre d'échouer à un examen ; craindre d'être collé à un examen ; être hanté par la peur de l'échec
[ごぶさた,
gobusata] (n,
vs) (See 無沙汰) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call,
visit,
etc.); long silence; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[girigirise-fu ; girigiri se-fu] (exp) (See ぎりぎり,
セーフ) just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late,
failing an exam,
etc.); just (barely) OK [Add to Longdo]
[dabu ru] (v5r,
vi) to coincide (fall on the same day); to have two of something; to overlap; to duplicate; to appear doubled; to repeat a school year after failing[Add to Longdo]
[いしゃのふようじょう,
ishanofuyoujou] (exp) failing to practice what one preaches; physician,
heal thyself; doctors often neglect their own health [Add to Longdo]
[かけごえだおれ,
kakegoedaore] (n) starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action [Add to Longdo]
[ぎりがわるい,
girigawarui] (exp,
adj-i) failing in one's duty (e.g. to someone) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See {Fail}, v. i.]
1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
superseded by {failure} or {failing}, except in the phrase
without fail. "His highness' fail of issue." --Shak.
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2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Failing \Fail"ing\, n.
1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure;
deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault;
infirmity; as, a mental failing.
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And ever in her mind she cast about
For that unnoticed failing in herself. --Tennyson.
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2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Syn: See {Fault}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fail \Fail\ (f[=a]l) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Failed} (f[=a]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Failing}.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum,
to deceive, akin to E. fall. See {Fail}, and cf. {Fallacy},
{False}, {Fault}.]
1. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in
any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be
furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be
altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams
fail; crops fail.
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As the waters fail from the sea. --Job xiv. 11.
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Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.
--Shak.
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2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
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If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be
attributed to their size. --Berke.
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3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
to sink.
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When earnestly they seek
Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail.
--Milton.
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4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
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5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
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Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.
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6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not
to fulfill expectation.
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Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra
iv. 22.
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Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
--Shak.
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7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;
to be baffled or frusrated.
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Our envious foe hath failed. --Milton.
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8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps
Shall grieve him, if I fail not. --Milton.
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9. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business
obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent; as, many
credit unions failed in the late 1980's.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
failing
adj 1: below acceptable in performance; "received failing
grades"
n 1: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's
failings" [syn: {failing}, {weakness}]
2: failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing
the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks
on his report" [syn: {failing}, {flunk}] [ant: {pass},
{passing}, {qualifying}]
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