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Significats de foiled en anglès

Disappointingly unsuccessful.

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Examples for "disappointed"
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Mr Wilson said the family is disappointed with the five year sentence.
Radio NZ
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I'm frustrated and disappointed, but haven't quite given up hope just yet.
The South African
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However, those wishing it was all true will be left ultimately disappointed.
The South African
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And the American government made certain that France would not be disappointed.
The new yorker
5
However, it was disappointed that there wasn't clarity on the referendum question.
Radio NZ
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But since Islamic State was largely defeated last year, divisions have resurfaced.
Reuters
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The EU's compromise, to delay the ban a year, was also defeated.
The Irish Times
3
U.S. officials justified the decision by saying Islamic State had been defeated.
Reuters
4
Political parties, and National in particular, have little tolerance for defeated leaders.
Radio NZ
5
In the great majority of cases, a villain exists to be defeated.
The Guardian
1
The legislation itself has given hope to thousands of frustrated property owners.
The Irish Times
2
I'm frustrated and disappointed, but haven't quite given up hope just yet.
The South African
3
Williams is among local government leaders frustrated at government delays to reforms.
The Guardian
4
Tierney said: I'm so disappointed and frustrated to be in this situation.
The Guardian
5
Often my attempts to change the way these schools worked were frustrated.
The Guardian
1
Dell, however, thwarted the chance to keep the game tied at 1.
Reuters
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I could tell him of my thwarted plan and ask his advice.
Helen of troy
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We thwarted all of them and the event went ahead without incident.
The panic zone
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The BBC reports two previous launch attempts were thwarted by technical glitches.
Radio NZ
5
Numerous obstacles have thwarted OAT scale-up, including individual constraints and structural barriers.
Pubmed
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But we see dress first, in the figures of the discomfited Magi.
Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
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He found himself discomfited by her gaze... while drifting, catching new information.
Zero Point
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This settled the affair: and the discomfited expectants made a precipitate retreat.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
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But numbers hemmed them in too sore, and the Franks were discomfited.
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of C...
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Far from being discomfited, Cullis conversed with the man in fluent French.
The Guardian
Ús de foiled en anglès
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When their plan was foiled by Public Security, they all committed suicide.
Evil and the Mask
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The Chian turned pale and trembled; his vengeance was braved and foiled.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
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He was foiled of his combat; and he had lost the prize.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590b
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Legal attempts to reduce the amounts it must pay have been foiled.
The Guardian
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The strategy of General Joffre which foiled him is praised throughout France.
The Audacious War
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He has been foiled in his attempt to carry off the girl.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
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And it were pleasant to see these villains foiled in their desires.
A Boy's Ride
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The plot was foiled and al-Kassar was arrested along with two others.
Reuters
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You have seen me foiled; I mean you shall see me victorious.
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
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And Captain Burghe was left to bite his nails in foiled malignity.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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Her settlers were not the men to be so daunted and foiled.
The Boy Patriot
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But in all my conjectures, I had to confess myself utterly foiled.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
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He pitted himself against Colonel Pickering, whom he sometimes foiled in argument.
An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 17...
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Anyone hoping to nip across on a bike will be foiled, too.
The Guardian
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At last Smithers went away foiled, and met Parkson by the entrance.
Love and Mr. Lewisham
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The rest was the feeling that Tish's superior acumen had foiled him.
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