échouer

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Französisch - Englisch
{v} miscarry
{v} plough
{v} plow
{v} lose
{v} founder
{v} strand
fall short of, fail; go away, miscarry; run aground, ground; end up, break down; go under, collapse, misfire
run aground
fall through
come to grief
fail

What if he should fail? - Que se passerait-il s'il devait échouer ?

I told him to work hard or he would fail. - Je lui dis de travailler dur s'il ne veut pas échouer.

go by the board