Letting me fail was not an option to her, though I occasionally wished she would have.

她的选项里没有考试可以不及格这一项，虽然我偶尔希望她能允许不及格。

youdao

I would make a change, and sometimes my build would fail with compilation errors or linking errors, but not on my code.

如果我做一个变更，有时候我的构建会由于编译错误或者连接错误而失败，但是不是由于我的代码。

youdao

I knew your lordship would not fail us.

我知道主教大人是不会让我们失望的。

youdao

For all my exuberance, I did not fail to understand that I might have left my wife but I would still be able to keep an eye on her.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield