ADJ
- stupid
- It's his own stupid fault his car was stolen?he should have kept it locked
FAULT + VERB
- lie with sb
- The fault lay not with her but with her manager
PREP
- at ~
- The party at fault in a court case usually pays the other party's legal costs
- through sb's ~
- Many of the soldiers died through his fault
- without ~
- Having made an error of judgement she was not without fault in the matter
PHRASES
- be all/entirely your (own) fault
- It's all your own fault, you know
- be largely/partly your (own) fault, be hardly your (own) fault, fault on sb's part (law)
- the absence of fault on the part of the prosecution
- through no fault of your own
- helping people who, through no fault of their own, have lost their homes
ADJ
- great
- Her great fault was that she thought too well of herself
- moral
VERB + FAULT
- have
- We all have our faults
- be blind to, overlook
- He is blind to his son's faults. She was prepared to overlook his faults
PREP
- ~ in
- Incorrectness in speech was considered a great fault in a gentleman
PHRASES
- for all sb's faults
- For all her faults (= in spite of her faults) she was a great woman
- to a fault
- He is generous to a fault (= very generous and perhaps too generous)
ADJ
- bad, major, serious
- basic
- There is a basic fault in the design of the engine. It cannot be fixed
- dangerous
- minor
- common
- a common fault with this type of machine
- real
- The only real fault of the book is its looseness of structure
- obvious
- possible
- design
- technical
- electrical, engine, mechanical, structural
- Of course, minor mechanical faults sometimes occur
VERB + FAULT
- have
- The engine has a serious fault
- develop
- The car soon developed another fault
- look for
- diagnose, discover, find, identify, locate
- They've found a major fault with the electrical system. When she tested the recorder she could find no fault with it
- find, pick
- My mother did nothing but find fault with my schoolboy manners. He's deliberately picking fault with the meal to get a reduction on the bill
- correct, fix, rectify, repair
- trying to correct the faults in the program
- report
- You should report any fault directly to the phone company
FAULT + VERB
- occur
- lie in sth
- The fault lay in the structure of the economy
FAULT + NOUN
- detection, diagnosis, finding
PREP
- ~ in
- Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body
- ~ with
- She was always finding fault with his manners
PHRASES
- for all its faults
- For all its faults (= in spite of the faults) , we love this city
VERB + FAULT
- serve
- Even tennis champions sometimes serve double faults