Bref moment d'inattention ou d'erreur de jugement.
A brief failure of memory or judgment.
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Une défaillance de concentration lui a coûté la partie. — A lapse in concentration cost him the game.
Son adhésion a expiré en juin. — Her membership lapsed in June.
C'était juste une petite défaillance, rien de grave. — It was just a small lapse, nothing serious.
Ne laisse pas ton assurance expirer. — Don't let your insurance lapse.
As-tu souvent des défaillances de ce genre ? — Do you often have lapses like that?
Le permis expirera si nous ne le renouvelons pas. — The licence will lapse if we don't renew it.
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