WORD OF THE DAY -FAIL -

Thesaurus-Synonyms-165 - FAIL

'fail' verb to be unsuccessful in an examination or an endeavour: If you don’t work hard, you will fail your exams. * αποτυγχάνω, αδυνατώ να επιτύχω κάτι, (για εξετάσεις, σπουδές κτλ.) απορρίπτω ή απορρίπτομαι, «κόβω-ομαι» σε εξετάσεις

[bomb] (informal) to be extremely unsuccessful, especially in the theatre: The play bombed in the West End. * ιδ. (Ην. Βασ.) σημειώνω αποτυχία (ως θέαμα)

[collapse] to fail suddenly and completely: The pay negotiations
collapsed when neither side would concede anything. * καταρρέω: υφίσταμαι πτώση ή καθίζηση, «κατρακυλώ»

[come to grief] to end in disaster: The boating trip came to grief when the boat capsized. * καταλήγω σε οικτρή αποτυχία, «παθαίνω κάζο», με βρίσκει κακό

[fall through] to fail to be achieved: Our plans for a skiing holiday fell through. * ιδ. αποτυγχάνω, «λασπώνω»

[flop] (informal) to be unsuccessful: The band’s first single flopped. * αποτυγχάνω, «ναυαγώ»

[flunk]* (informal) to fail an examination or test: Kay flunked her driving theory test. * για εξετάσεις, σπουδές κτλ. απορρίπτω ή απορρίπτομαι, «κόβω-ομαι» σε εξετάσεις
*Common in US English, but not very common in British English.

[founder] to end unsuccessfully: Their marriage foundered after only six months. * αποτυγχάνω, «ναυαγώ»

[go pear-shaped] (informal) to go disastrously wrong: United were in the lead but it all went a bit pear-shaped in the second half and they ended up 3-1 down. * εξελίσσομαι καταστροφικά άσχημα, «καταποντίζομαι»

taken from the BETSIS ELT DICTIONARY & THESAURUS