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faillenet

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  • Si les systèmes de sécurité faillent, cela peut causer des accidents graves.

    If the security systems fail, it can cause serious accidents.

    Here, 'faillent' is used as the subjunctive form of the verb 'faillir', meaning 'to fail' or 'to falter', applied to a plural subject 'les systèmes de sécurité'.

  • Il a failli trébucher sur un caillou.

    He almost tripped over a pebble.

    In this sentence, 'failli' is employed as the auxiliary verb in a past tense construction, indicating an action that was close to occurring ('almost').

  • Elle faillit toujours à ses promesses de venir à l'heure.

    She always fails her promises to arrive on time.

    'Faillit' here functions as the third-person singular present imperfect indicative of 'faillir', expressing habitual action of failing to meet promises.

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