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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, masculine, inanimate
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1.
downfall
Also: trap, gap, failure, flop
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- У меня был прова́л в па́мяти. My mind went blank.
- Предприя́тие бы́ло обречено́ на прова́л. The enterprise was doomed to failure.
- Все наши уси́лия зако́нчились прова́лом. All our effort ended in failure.
- Скажи́ спасибо Джиму за свой прова́л. You have Jim to thank for your failure.
- Э́то не прова́л. It's not a failure.
- Ваши уси́лия обречены́ на прова́л. Your efforts are condemned to failure.
- Он люби́л вини́ть в свои́х прова́лах и жите́йских неуда́чах тирани́ю отца́. He liked to blame most of his faults and misfortunes of his life on a tyrannical father.
- Прова́л на экза́мене стал уда́ром по его самолю́бию. Failing the exam was a blow to his ego.
- Подо́бный план обречён на прова́л. Such a plan is bound to fail.
- Э́то был по́лный прова́л. It was a complete failure.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | прова́л | прова́лы |
| gen. genitive | прова́ла | прова́лов |
| dat. dative | прова́лу | прова́лам |
| acc. accusative | прова́л | прова́лы |
| inst. instrumental | прова́лом | прова́лами |
| prep. prepositional | прова́ле | прова́лах |
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