faillir

Si nous ne le faisons pas, nous faillirons à notre devoir.
If we do not do this, we shall have failed in our duty.
Nous ne faillirons pas maintenant.
We shall not fail now.
Vous pouvez avoir l'assurance que nous ne faillirons pas à ce devoir.
And you can be sure that we will always live up to this responsibility as well.
Ils représentent un engagement solennel que nous ne faillirons point s'agissant de l'adhésion à ces normes.
They are a solemn pledge on our part that we shall not be found wanting in the observance of these norms.
Je présume que beaucoup d’entre nous qui choisissons de sauter les lignes de temps (moi inclus) allons rencontrer un tournant instructif, où nous serons incapables de sauter dans la nouvelle ligne temporelle et/ou nous faillirons à la maintenir.
I suspect that many of us who choose to jump timelines (myself included) will encounter a learning curve, where we fall short of being able to leap to the new timeline and/or fail to sustain it.
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