fault

fault
[fɔ:lt, Am also fɑ:lt] n
1) no pl (responsibility) Schuld f;
it's all your \fault das ist ganz allein deine Schuld, nur du bist schuld daran;
it's your own \fault du bist selbst schuld daran;
it's the \fault of the judicial system that cases take so long to come to trial es liegt am Rechtssystem, dass Fälle so spät zur Verhandlung kommen;
to find \fault with sb/sth etw an jdm/etw auszusetzen haben;
the \fault lies in sth es liegt an etw dat, etw ist schuld;
the \fault lies with sb/sth die Schuld liegt bei jdm/etw;
the \fault lay with the organizers Schuld hatten die Organisatoren;
to be at \fault die Schuld tragen, schuld sein;
through no \fault of sb's own ohne jds eigenes Verschulden, unverschuldet
2) (weakness) Fehler m, Schwäche f;
we all have \faults wir haben alle unsere Fehler;
our electoral system has its \faults unser Wahlsystem hat seine Schwächen;
she was generous to a \fault sie war zu großzügig;
a \fault in sb's character jds Charakterfehler m;
his/her main \fault seine/ihre größte Schwäche
3) (mistake) Fehler m
4) (defect) Fehler m, Defekt m;
there seems to be a \fault on the line es scheint eine Störung in der Leitung zu geben;
electrical/technical \fault elektrischer/technischer Defekt, elektrische/technische Störung
5) geol (rift) Verwerfung f
6) tennis Fehler m;
double \fault Doppelfehler m;
foot \fault Fußfehler m;
to call a \fault einen Fehler anzeigen;
\fault called! Fehler! vt
to \fault sb/sth [einen] Fehler an jdm/etw finden;
you can't \fault her arguments gegen ihre Argumente ist nichts einzuwenden;
you can't \fault him on his logic an seiner Logik ist nichts auszusetzen vi tennis
to \fault [on sth] [bei etw dat] einen Fehler machen

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