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fault
Noun
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If something is your fault, you did something wrong or didn't do something right.
It doesn't matter whose fault it is, let's work together to make it right.
I'm sorry. It's my fault. I forgot to turn it off.
It's clear that both sides are at fault.
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A fault is a problem or a mistake.
We found a few faults in the plan, but we'll fix them later.
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A fault in your character is something about you that is not nice or good.
The other girls thought that her only fault was that she was really stupid.
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A fault is a long crack in the earth.
The earthquake occurred near the San Andreas fault.
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In sports like tennis or volleyball, a fault is hitting the ball in the wrong way, or to or from the wrong place.
fault
Verb
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If you fault somebody for something bad, you say they did something wrong or didn't do something right.
You can't fault him for not knowing about the change.
branch
Noun
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A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk (center).
Sally scraped her arm on a branch when she fell out of a tree.
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A part of something that acts like a branch does to its tree.
The study of electricity is a branch of physics.
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One of a series of shops that are owned by the same company in business.
McDonalds has many branches spread throughout the country.