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failing

['feɪlɪŋ] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. провал, неудача
2. недостаток, дефект; слабость, отрицательная черта
прил.
1. недостающий, отсутствующий
2. слабеющий
3. уст.; астр. удалённый (о планете, небесном светиле)
предл.
за неимением; в случае отсутствия

Law (En-Ru)

failing

ввиду отсутствия; в случае отсутствия; за неимением

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Not so much frustration with a son as a father's anger at failing to be the man he wanted to be.
Отец был недоволен не сыном, а самим собой: это он не смог стать тем, кем хотел.
Rollins, James / Judas StrainРоллинс, Джеймс / Печать Иуды
Печать Иуды
Роллинс, Джеймс
© 2007 by Jim Czajkowski
© С. Саксин, перевод, 2009
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", издание на русском языке, 2009
Judas Strain
Rollins, James
© 2007 by Jim Czajkowski

The conviction, that all his faculties, even memory, and the simplest power of reflection were failing him, began to be an insufferable torture.
Уверенность, что все, даже память, даже простое соображение оставляют его, начинала нестерпимо его мучить.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

Everything was going as it should, and yet somehow failing to go as it should.
Все шло так, как нужно, и все шло не так, как нужно.
Grossman, Vasily / Life and FateГроссман, Василий / Жизнь и судьба
Жизнь и судьба
Гроссман, Василий
© Издательство "Книжная палата", 1988
Life and Fate
Grossman, Vasily
© 1980 by Editions L'Age D'Homme
© 1985 by Collins Harvill

He appealed to members to show respect for speakers by conducting their consultations outside the Committee room or, failing that, to exercise the greatest possible restraint.
Кроме того, члены Комитета должны уважать выступающих и вести свои переговоры вне зала заседаний или, по крайней мере, проявлять по возможности большую деликатность.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
http://www.un.org/ 14.10.2010
© United Nations 2010
http://www.un.org/ 14.10.2010

He was dismayed when he saw his father; the latter was so weak and failing.
Он испугался, увидав отца: до того тот похилел и опустился.
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979

His strength was failing him again.
Силы опять покидали его.
Достоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказаниеDostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970

growth, especially in children who have been failing to grow;
физическое развитие, особенно у детей, у которых была задержка роста;
© World Health Organization
http://www.aidsknowledgehub.org/ 23.11.2007

He was obviously getting more and more fatigued, and his strength was failing.
Он видимо уставал, чем далее, тем более, и приметно лишался сил.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

All the more discouraging is that the manager wasn't even particularly embarrassed about failing to take steps to improve the environment.
Здесь более всего обескураживает следующее: этот менеджер не особенно стеснялся того, что ему не удалось предпринять какие-то шаги к улучшению рабочей среды.
DeMarco, Tom,Lister, Timothy / Peopleware. Productive Projects and TeamsДемарко, Том,Листер, Тимоти / Человеческий фактор: успешные проекты и команды
Человеческий фактор: успешные проекты и команды
Демарко, Том,Листер, Тимоти
© Издательство Символ-Плюс, 2005
Peopleware. Productive Projects and Teams
DeMarco, Tom,Lister, Timothy
© 1999, 1987 by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister.

Sometimes, too, it seemed to me that the mysterious determination he had taken seemed to be failing him and he appeared to be struggling with a new, seductive stream of ideas.
Иногда тоже казалось мне, что принятая таинственная решимость как бы оставляла его, и что он начинал бороться с каким-то новым соблазнительным наплывом идей.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

“He sort of recovered for a spell, looked pretty good, but really he was failing fast.
— Он вроде бы поправился, выглядел совсем неплохо, но на самом деле очень быстро сдавал.
Child, Lee / TripwireЧайлд, Ли / Ловушка
Ловушка
Чайлд, Ли
© 1999 by Lee Child
© Перевод. В. Гольдич, И. Оганесова, 2009
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
Tripwire
Child, Lee
© 1999 by Lee Child

I acknowledge — let me be open — that it is my failing to be the creature of impulse, and to wear my heart as it were, outside.
Признаюсь — разрешите мне быть откровенной, — что я существо импульсивное, и в сердце моем, так сказать, читают все.
Dickens, Charles / Dombey and SonДиккенс, Чарльз / Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
Dombey and Son
Dickens, Charles
© 2009 by Classic Books International

In the first case, the perpetrators were able to escape and return to Central America by air, after failing to achieve their objective and leaving behind their technical equipment and explosives, which were seized.
В первом случае виновные лица смогли скрыться, возвратившись воздушным путем в Центральную Америку, не достигнув своих целей, они бросили технические средства и взрывчатые вещества, которые были изъяты.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
http://www.un.org/ 19.07.2010
© United Nations 2010
http://www.un.org/ 19.07.2010

Then he thinks of a physician who annoyed him by failing to give him clear information about the contents of a drug.
Затем он думает о враче, который вызвал у него досаду тем, что не дал четкую информацию о составе лекарства.
Horney, Karen / Self-AnalysisХорни, Карен / Самоанализ
Самоанализ
Хорни, Карен
© Боковиков A.M., Старовойтов В.В., перевод, 2001
© ЗАО «Издательство «ЭКСМО-Пресс», 2001
Self-Analysis
Horney, Karen
© 1942 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
© 1970 by Marianne von Eckardt, Renate Mintz, and Brigitte Swarzenski

The departure of Jolly and Val with their troop in April had further stiffened her failing resolve.
Отъезд Джолли и Вэла с их полком в апреле снова укрепил, её ослабевшую было решимость.
Galsworthy, John / In ChanceryГолсуорси, Джон / В петле
В петле
Голсуорси, Джон
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство""Эксмо", 2003
In Chancery
Galsworthy, John
© 1920 by Charles Scribner's Sons
© 1920 by The International Magazine Co.

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'feɪlɪŋNounпровал; неудача

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Collocations

birth-rate failing

падение рождаемости

birth-rate failing

снижение рождаемости

failing grade

низкая

failing grade

плохая оценка

failing heart

сердечная недостаточность

failing of a dyke

прорыв плотины

failing response

неверная реакция

failing response

отклик схемы с неисправностью

failing this

ввиду отсутствия этого

failing to prove

недоказательный

failing trend

тенденция к понижению

without failing

без сбоев

failing to get into the final

не попадание в финал

failing to use flaps

не выполнение требуемого выпуска закрылков

failing payment

в случае неплатежа

Word forms

fail

verb

Basic forms
Past	failed
Imperative	fail
Present Participle (Participle I)	failing
Past Participle (Participle II)	failed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I fail	we fail
you fail	you fail
he/she/it fails	they fail

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am failing	we are failing
you are failing	you are failing
he/she/it is failing	they are failing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have failed	we have failed
you have failed	you have failed
he/she/it has failed	they have failed

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been failing	we have been failing
you have been failing	you have been failing
he/she/it has been failing	they have been failing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I failed	we failed
you failed	you failed
he/she/it failed	they failed

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was failing	we were failing
you were failing	you were failing
he/she/it was failing	they were failing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had failed	we had failed
you had failed	you had failed
he/she/it had failed	they had failed

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been failing	we had been failing
you had been failing	you had been failing
he/she/it had been failing	they had been failing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will fail	we shall/will fail
you will fail	you will fail
he/she/it will fail	they will fail

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be failing	we shall/will be failing
you will be failing	you will be failing
he/she/it will be failing	they will be failing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have failed	we shall/will have failed
you will have failed	you will have failed
he/she/it will have failed	they will have failed

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been failing	we shall/will have been failing
you will have been failing	you will have been failing
he/she/it will have been failing	they will have been failing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would fail	we should/would fail
you would fail	you would fail
he/she/it would fail	they would fail

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be failing	we should/would be failing
you would be failing	you would be failing
he/she/it would be failing	they would be failing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have failed	we should/would have failed
you would have failed	you would have failed
he/she/it would have failed	they would have failed

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been failing	we should/would have been failing
you would have been failing	you would have been failing
he/she/it would have been failing	they would have been failing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am failed	we are failed
you are failed	you are failed
he/she/it is failed	they are failed

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being failed	we are being failed
you are being failed	you are being failed
he/she/it is being failed	they are being failed

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been failed	we have been failed
you have been failed	you have been failed
he/she/it has been failed	they have been failed

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was failed	we were failed
you were failed	you were failed
he/she/it was failed	they were failed

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being failed	we were being failed
you were being failed	you were being failed
he/she/it was being failed	they were being failed

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been failed	we had been failed
you had been failed	you had been failed
he/she/it had been failed	they had been failed

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be failed	we shall/will be failed
you will be failed	you will be failed
he/she/it will be failed	they will be failed

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been failed	we shall/will have been failed
you will have been failed	you will have been failed
he/she/it will have been failed	they will have been failed

failing

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	failing	failings
Possessive case	failing's	failings'

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