fail of
US /feɪl ʌv/
・UK /feɪl ɒv/
C2
prep.PrepositionTo lack or not achieve something expected.
They failed of success despite their efforts.
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Part 1 - Sense and Sensibility Audiobook by Jane Austen (Chs 01-14)
- and the whole of his letter was written in so friendly a style as could not fail of giving pleasure to his cousin, more especially at a moment when she was suffering under the cold and unfeeling behaviour of her nearer connections.
and the whole of his letter was written in so friendly a style as could not fail of giving pleasure to his cousin, more especially at a moment when she was suffering under the cold and unfeeling behaviour of her nearer connections.
- and the whole of his letter was written in so friendly a style as could not fail of giving pleasure to his cousin, more especially at a moment when she was suffering under the cold and unfeeling behaviour of her nearer connections.
and the whole of his letter was written in so friendly a style as could not fail of giving pleasure to his cousin, more especially at a moment when she was suffering under the cold and unfeeling behaviour of her nearer connections.
Part 2 - Emma Audiobook by Jane Austen (Vol 1: Chs 10-18)
- and to give all such local information, as could not fail of being interesting, to a brother whose home it had equally been the longest part of his life,
and to give all such local information, as could not fail of being interesting, to a brother whose home it had equally been the longest part of his life,
- fail of being interesting to a brother whose home it had equally been the longest
fail of being interesting to a brother whose home it had equally been the longest
The power of poetry ⏲️ 6 Minute English
- an epic humanity fail of overfishing and polluting at unimaginable scale.
an epic humanity fail of overfishing and polluting at unimaginable scale.