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échec  

      nm  
   (=non-réussite)   failure  
tenir en échec        [+personne, parti, projet, tentative]   to hold in check  
faire échec à        [+personne, parti, projet, tentative]   to foil, to thwart  
     (ÉCHECS)  
échec et mat      checkmate  
échec au roi      check  
mettre en échec      to put in check  
   échecs  
      nmpl   (=jeu)   chess    sg  
Translation French - English Collins Dictionary  

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n.
failure
n.
1) failure, 2) defeat
n.
resounding failure
nm.
professional failure
n.
academic failure [BIZ]
nm.
election defeat
vi.
foil
nm.
partial failure
nm.
partial failure
n.
chess
nm.
check
nm.
call failure [INFO]
nm.
graft failure [MED]
nm.
collapse of the negotiations [BIZ]
nm.
failure of the talks
nm.
failed feedback mecanism [MED]
adv.
checkmate
vi.
checkmate
vi.
put the king in check
adv.
from one failure to the next
vi.
suffer a setback
vt.
put in check
nf.
putting in check
vr.
fail
vi.
suffer a setback
vt.
hold in check [BIZ]
nm.
chess player
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