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    to blame

    US /tu blem/

    ・

    UK /tu: bleim/

    B1
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo assign responsibility for a fault or wrong; to hold accountable.
    The accident was entirely his fault; he is to blame.

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    11:51Why Billionaires Try So Hard To Look "Poor"
    • It's this byproduct not dehydration that's to blame for your rough next day.

      It's this byproduct not dehydration that's to blame for your rough next day.

    B1

    What Are The Fattest Countries In The World?

    06:13What Are The Fattest Countries In The World?
    • In fact, Westerners may be the ones to blame for the huge obesity rates in Nauru and in many of its neighboring islands.

      In fact, Westerners may be the ones to blame for the huge obesity rates in Nauru and in many of its neighboring islands.

    B2

    Modern Family | Nobody Pulls Off a Scheme Like the Modern Family Kids

    09:59Modern Family | Nobody Pulls Off a Scheme Like the Modern Family Kids
    • I'm going to blame everything on him until he learns how to talk.

      I'm going to blame everything on him until he learns how to talk.

    • I'm going to blame everything on him until he learns how to talk.

      I'm going to blame everything on him until he learns how to talk.

    B1

    Top 10 TERRIFYING Movie Sharks

    14:37Top 10 TERRIFYING Movie Sharks
    • But in Bait 3D, the humans aren't entirely to blame.

      But in Bait 3D, the humans aren't entirely to blame.

    • But in Bait 3D, the humans aren't entirely to blame.

      But in Bait 3D, the humans aren't entirely to blame.

    B2

    Trump picks JD Vance as his vice president

    03:14Trump picks JD Vance as his vice president
    • Over the weekend, hours after Trump was targeted by a would-be assassin's bullet, Vance taking to social media to blame President Biden, saying, the central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.

      Over the weekend, hours after Trump was targeted by a would-be assassin's bullet, Vance taking to social media to blame President Biden, saying, the central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.

    • Vance taking to social media to blame President Biden, saying the central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.

      Vance taking to social media to blame President Biden, saying the central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.

    B2

    Why is the US silent about the starvation in Gaza? CNN NewsNight panel debates

    08:06Why is the US silent about the starvation in Gaza? CNN NewsNight panel debates
    • If we want to see who is more to blame for the starvation of children in Gaza, Hamas or Israel, let CNN in.

      If we want to see who is more to blame for the starvation of children in Gaza, Hamas or Israel, let CNN in.

    • Let's say this: if we want to see who is more to blame for the starvation of children in Gaza, Hamas or Israel, let CNN in.

      Let's say this: if we want to see who is more to blame for the starvation of children in Gaza, Hamas or Israel, let CNN in.

    B1

    Why Car Ownership Is Getting So Expensive | CNBC Marathon

    44:14Why Car Ownership Is Getting So Expensive | CNBC Marathon
    • Moore says several factors could be to blame.

      Moore says several factors could be to blame.

    • Moore says several factors could be to blame.

      Moore says several factors could be to blame.

    B1

    Trump praises tariffs in Cabinet meeting as US economy shrinks for first time since 2022 | BBC News

    03:48Trump praises tariffs in Cabinet meeting as US economy shrinks for first time since 2022 | BBC News
    • He's trying to blame it all on his predecessor.

      He's trying to blame it all on his predecessor.

    • But he says they're not his fault at all, so he's trying to blame it all on his predecessor.

      But he says they're not his fault at all, so he's trying to blame it all on his predecessor.

    B1

    Before You Get Back With Your Ex — Watch THIS

    13:48Before You Get Back With Your Ex — Watch THIS
    • Frank answers can spare a couple decades of squabbling. Next, what trouble do I bring into the relationship? How am I difficult to live around? There should be no bristling here. Bearable people have a good handle on their unbearable dimensions. We don't need people to be perfect, we just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain. Then, what trouble do you bring into the relationship? How are you difficult to live around? We need agreement on the mutual complications that are being brought to the table. Both people should write their answers down, then show the other their analyses. Can both sides agree on what's most horrible in each person? The more alignment there can be, the less future criticism has to feel like nagging, and the more it can fit into a kinder project of helping someone to change as they would, at their saner moments, wish to change. Then, which bits of my anxiety and unhappiness did I discover were not, after all, your fault? What continued to be difficult even without you around? It's highly tempting when in a relationship to assume that all the misery we face is the fault of the lover. We attribute to the main person in our lives a commanding role in determining our state of mind. But when they're gone, we may be forced to realise a more complex truth – that our low moods and neuroses have their origins, in large part, in us rather than in them. It can, oddly, no longer all be their fault. How did life remain hard, even without them? What might they not be to blame for? Then, what I now appreciate more properly about you is… We're meant never to lose sight of what was great about them, but in reality, we sometimes need the perspective of time to get clearer about their virtues. In the long months since we were together, what sides of them did we realise we most deeply valued? Then, what did I learn from meeting other people? A truly tricky subject, but as we're realising, it's a capacity for eating humble pie that stands a restarted relationship in such good stead.

      Frank answers can spare a couple decades of squabbling. Next, what trouble do I bring into the relationship? How am I difficult to live around? There should be no bristling here. Bearable people have a good handle on their unbearable dimensions. We don't need people to be perfect, we just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain. Then, what trouble do you bring into the relationship? How are you difficult to live around? We need agreement on the mutual complications that are being brought to the table. Both people should write their answers down, then show the other their analyses. Can both sides agree on what's most horrible in each person? The more alignment there can be, the less future criticism has to feel like nagging, and the more it can fit into a kinder project of helping someone to change as they would, at their saner moments, wish to change. Then, which bits of my anxiety and unhappiness did I discover were not, after all, your fault? What continued to be difficult even without you around? It's highly tempting when in a relationship to assume that all the misery we face is the fault of the lover. We attribute to the main person in our lives a commanding role in determining our state of mind. But when they're gone, we may be forced to realise a more complex truth – that our low moods and neuroses have their origins, in large part, in us rather than in them. It can, oddly, no longer all be their fault. How did life remain hard, even without them? What might they not be to blame for? Then, what I now appreciate more properly about you is… We're meant never to lose sight of what was great about them, but in reality, we sometimes need the perspective of time to get clearer about their virtues. In the long months since we were together, what sides of them did we realise we most deeply valued? Then, what did I learn from meeting other people? A truly tricky subject, but as we're realising, it's a capacity for eating humble pie that stands a restarted relationship in such good stead.

    • What might they not be to blame for?

      What might they not be to blame for?

    B1

    How to Defend Yourself in English

    15:56How to Defend Yourself in English
    • So here's what you can say to somebody who's trying to make you responsible, or trying to blame you, or trying to blame you for something that they actually have done.

      So here's what you can say to somebody who's trying to make you responsible, or trying to blame you, or trying to blame you for something that they actually have done.

    • trying to blame you.

      trying to blame you.

    A2