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fail russian

  • обяза́тельно

    without fail, definitely, be sure to, surely

    necessarily

    obligatory, compulsory, mandatory

  • наверняка́

    for sure, certainly, surely, definitely

    safely, for sure, without fail

  • непреме́нно

    without fail, definitely, certainly, be sure to

    inevitably, unavoidably

  • подвести́

    to lead (up to), to bring (up to), to run (a line up to)

    to let down, to disappoint, to fail (someone)

    to sum up, to summarize, to take stock (of)

    to lead to (a conclusion), to point to (a result)

    to classify (under), to group together, to subsume (under)

    to back up (with evidence), to support (with arguments)

    to lay (a foundation under), to place underneath

    to pencil (the eyes), to line (the eyes), to apply eyeliner

  • сорва́ться

    to break free, to break loose, to tear oneself away

    to fall through, to fail, to go wrong

    to come off and fall, to fall down, to plunge down

    to slip out, to escape (one's lips)

  • сдава́ть

    to take (an exam), to sit (an exam), to pass (an exam)

    to hand in, to hand over, to check in (luggage), to donate (blood)

    to rent out, to let

    to surrender, to give up (to the enemy), to turn in (to the police)

    to deal (cards), to distribute

    to let up, to weaken, to fail (of health)

  • отказа́ть

    to refuse, to deny, to turn down

    to fail, to break down, to give out

  • провали́ться

    to fail, to flop

    to collapse, to cave in, to fall through

    to vanish, to disappear

  • завали́ть

    to fill up, to block up (with debris), to cover over, to bury

    to heap (with), to pile high (with), to swamp (with work)

    to fail (an exam), to flunk, to botch

  • кол

    stake, picket, pale

    one (lowest school mark), fail mark

  • едини́ца

    unit

    one (digit), the figure one, unity

    one (lowest grade), fail mark

    a few, only a handful

  • срыва́ться

    to break loose, to break away, to get away, to come unhinged

    to fall (from a height), to plunge down, to fall to the ground

    to fall through, to fail, to miscarry

    to slip out, to escape (of words), to burst out

  • подводи́ть

    to lead up to, to bring up to, to bring closer

    to let down, to fail (someone), to disappoint

    to sum up, to draw (a conclusion), to take stock of

    to place under, to underpin, to provide a base for

  • недоумева́ть

    to be perplexed, to be puzzled, to wonder, to fail to understand

    to be at a loss, to be irresolute

  • просмотре́ть

    to look through, to look over, to skim, to browse through

    to review, to check over, to go over

    to overlook, to miss, to fail to notice

  • отка́зывать

    to refuse, to deny

    to turn down, to reject, to decline

    to fail, to break down, to give out

  • прова́ливаться

    to fail, to flunk, to flop

    to fall through, to break through (ice), to sink in

    to collapse, to cave in

  • завали́ться

    to fall behind (something), to slip down behind, to fall into

    to collapse, to cave in, to fall down

    to flop down to sleep, to crash, to turn in

    to fail (an exam), to flunk, to flop

  • расстро́иться

    to get upset, to be upset, to be distressed

    to fall through, to come to nothing, to fail

    to become upset (of the stomach), to be disordered

    to fall into disorder, to become disorganized

    to become unnerved, to lose one's composure

  • промахну́ться

    to miss, to miss the mark, to fail to hit, to miscue

  • расстра́иваться

    to be upset, to get upset, to be distressed

    to fall through, to come to nothing, to fail

    to fall into disarray, to become disorganized, to go to pieces

  • зачёт

    test, credit test, pass/fail exam

    standings, classification, scoring

  • испра́вно

    properly, reliably, in good working order, without fail

  • зачита́ть

    to read out, to read aloud

    to keep (a borrowed book), to fail to return (a book)

  • смолча́ть

    to be silent, to remain silent, to fail to mention

  • прогля́дывать

    to show through, to peep out, to appear, to be perceptible

    to look through, to skim, to glance over

    to overlook, to miss, to fail to notice

  • накры́ться

    to cover oneself (with), to be covered

    to fail, to fall through, to fizzle out, to break down

  • прослу́шать

    to listen to (from start to finish), to attend (a course of lectures), to hear out

    to miss (hearing), to fail to catch

    to listen to (with a stethoscope), to auscultate

    to listen to (for a while), to spend (time) listening

  • преми́нуть

    to not fail to, to not miss (an opportunity)

  • разруша́ться

    to be destroyed, to go to ruin, to collapse, to fail fall to the ground

  • провали́ть

    to fail, to flunk

    to ruin, to spoil, to wreck

    to cause to collapse, to break through, to cave in

  • погоре́ть

    to be burnt out, to burn down, to fail, to burn

  • зава́ливаться

    to fall (behind something), to slip down, to get mislaid

    to flop down, to lie down (heavily), to crash (into bed)

    to collapse, to tumble down, to topple over, to tilt to one side

    to fail (an exam), to flunk

    to be packed (with), to be piled high (with)

  • разъезжа́ться

    to disperse, to depart in different directions, to drive off in different directions, to leave one by one

    to pass each other, to pass one another, to get past each other

    to miss each other, to fail to meet

    to separate, to move apart, to stop living together

    to slide apart, to slip apart, to slip out from under one

    to fall to pieces, to come apart, to fray apart

  • прогляде́ть

    to overlook, to miss, to fail to notice

    to look through, to skim, to glance through

    to gaze for a while, to spend some time looking

  • прогоре́ть

    to burn through, to burn a hole in

    to burn out, to burn down completely

    to go bust, to go under, to go bankrupt

    to fall through, to fail

  • прома́зать

    to miss, to fail to hit

    to coat, to grease, to fill (with putty)

    to daub carelessly, to botch

  • прова́ливать

    to get out, to go away, to get lost, to clear off

    to make fail, to botch, to ruin, to flunk (a candidate)

    to cause to collapse, to break through, to cave in (something)

  • зава́ливать

    to fill up (with), to block up, to pile up, to cover over

    to fail (an exam), to flunk, to botch, to mess up

    to swamp (with work), to overwhelm, to load down

  • железно

    without fail

  • подкача́ть

    to pump up (a bit more), to top up with air, to inflate further

    to let (someone) down, to fail (someone), to mess up

  • прома́хиваться

    to miss, to miss the mark, to fail to hit, to miscue

  • разру́шиться

    to collapse, to fall down, to be destroyed

    to go to ruin, to crumble, to decay

    to fall apart, to come to nothing, to fail

  • прослу́шивать

    to listen to, to hear

    to tap, to bug, to wiretap

    to auscultate, to listen to (the chest)

    to miss, to fail to catch

  • обанкро́титься

    to go bankrupt, to become insolvent, to go bust

    to fail utterly, to collapse, to be discredited

  • зачётный

    credit-test (attr.), pass-fail test (attr.), assessment (attr.), record (attr.)

    set-off (attr.), offset (attr.), clearing (attr.), part-payment (attr.)

  • засы́паться

    to get caught, to be caught red-handed, to get nabbed, to get into a scrape

    to fail (an exam), to flunk, to plough

    to be covered (with), to get filled up (with), to be buried (under)

  • засыпа́ться

    to get caught, to be caught red-handed, to be nabbed

    to fail (an exam), to come to grief, to get into a mess

    to get in (of sand or dust), to be covered (with sand), to get buried

    to sleep too long, to oversleep

  • заче́сть

    to read out, to borrow and fail to return to its owner, to take and keep, to reckon

  • всенепреме́нно

    without fail, absolutely, by all means

    certainly, of course, undoubtedly, quite right

  • оплоша́ть

    to make a mistake, to fail, to take a false step, to slip up

  • несдоброва́ть

    to fail

  • а́кать

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  • беспреме́нно

    without fail, certainly

  • забаллоти́ровать

    to blackball, to fail to elect, to reject

  • зажи́ливать

    to fail to return

  • манки́ровать

    to neglect, to disregard, to ignore

    to be absent, to stay away, to fail to appear

  • накрыва́ться

    to cover oneself, to cover up, to be covered

    to fall through, to fail, to go bust, to break down

  • недогляде́ть

    to overlook, to miss, to fail to notice

    to not keep an eye on, to fail to watch over, to fail to take proper care

  • недогружа́ть

    to underload, to not give full load, to fail to load in full

  • недослы́шать

    to fail to catch, to not quite hear, to mishear

    to be hard of hearing, to hear poorly

  • плоша́ть

    to make a mistake, to blunder, to slip up, to fail

    to get worse, to deteriorate

  • подка́чивать

    to pump up a bit more, to top up (by pumping), to pump in more

    to let down, to fail, to disappoint

  • прогора́ть

    to burn through, to burn out

    to burn down, to burn out

    to go bankrupt, to go bust, to be ruined

    to fail, to fall through, to come to nothing

  • прокарау́лить

    to guard (for a while), to watch (for a time), to stand guard (for a while)

    to let slip (through inattention), to fail to guard, to let get away

  • прохло́пать

    to let slip, to miss, to fail to notice

    to clap (for a while), to applaud (for a period of time)

  • раскле́иваться

    to fall through, to go wrong, to fail to come off

    to feel unwell, to be out of sorts, to feel poorly

    to come unstuck, to come apart, to come unglued

  • сре́заться

    to fail (an exam), to flunk, to be failed

    to mess up, to blunder, to slip up, to blow it

  • среза́ться

    to fail (an exam), to flunk

    to mess up, to blunder, to slip up

  • недогля́дывать

    to overlook, to neglect, to fail to notice, to miss

  • облома́ться

    to break off, to snap off

    to fail, to fall through, to not work out

    to be disappointed, to miss out, to be let down

  • прома́зывать

    to miss, to fail to hit, to miss the mark

    to smear (all over), to coat, to grease

  • заре́заться

    to cut one's own throat, to commit suicide with a knife, to take one's own life (by cutting)

    to flunk (an exam), to fail miserably, to come to grief

  • сбои́ть

    to malfunction, to fail, to glitch, to break down

  • проваливаемый

    collapsible, prone to collapse, fail-prone, that can be failed

  • сыпану́ться

    to flunk an exam, to fail an exam

  • прова́ливающий

    causing to fail, ruining, thwarting

    failing (an exam), flunking, underperforming

  • зава́ливавший

    piling up, covering, overwhelming

    causing to fail, failing (a student)

  • вы́йти из стро́я

    break down, stop working, fail, go out of order

    step out of the ranks, step aside, fall out

    be put out of action, become unfit for duty

  • отка́з

    refusal, rejection, denial

    renunciation, giving up, waiver

    failure, breakdown, malfunction

    capacity, limit (in до отказа)

  • неуда́ча

    failure, setback

    bad luck, misfortune

  • прова́л

    failure, flop, fiasco

    hole, depression, sinkhole

  • ава́рия

    accident, crash, wreck

    breakdown, malfunction, failure

  • неуда́чный

    unsuccessful, failed, abortive

    poor, ill-chosen, unfortunate, lame

  • недоста́точность

    insufficiency, inadequacy, shortage

    insufficiency, failure

  • неуда́чник

    failure, loser

    unlucky person, hapless fellow

  • крах

    crash, bankruptcy, ruin

    collapse, downfall, failure, break-up

  • дво́йка

    two, figure two

    F, failing grade, poor mark

    deuce, two

    pair, twosome, team of two

    pair-oar boat, coxless pair, double sculls

  • срыв

    breakdown, nervous breakdown, collapse

    failure, collapse, disruption, thwarting

    tearing off, stripping, detachment, stall (of airflow)

    precipice, steep slope, escarpment

  • круше́ние

    wreck, crash, disaster

    collapse, ruin, failure

  • сбой

    failure, malfunction, breakdown, glitch

    disruption, hitch, interruption

    losing the step, falling out of step, break in rhythm

    offal, head and trotters and entrails

  • несостоя́вшийся

    that did not take place, cancelled, called off, abandoned

    failed, would-be, unsuccessful

  • изъя́н

    defect, flaw, blemish

    shortcoming, failing, deficiency

  • проко́л

    puncture, pin-hole, flat tyre

    blunder, slip-up, screw-up, embarrassing failure

  • недостаю́щий

    missing, failing

  • несостоя́тельность

    insolvency, bankruptcy, failure (of a business)

    unfoundedness, groundlessness, unsoundness, flimsiness

    inability, incompetence, unworkability

    lack of means, impecuniousness, modest means

  • осе́чка

    misfire

    failure, slip-up, flop

  • неуда́вшийся

    failed, unsuccessful, abortive, would-be

  • невыполне́ние

    non-fulfilment, failure to execute, to carry out, to comply with

  • фай

    faille, ribbed silk fabric

    faille garment, dress made of faille

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