"without fail" meaning in English

See without fail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-without fail.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) Certainly; by all means; as a matter of importance. Tags: idiomatic Translations (certainly): непреме́нно (nepreménno) (Bulgarian), မုချ (mu.hkya.) (Burmese), ဆက်ဆက် (hcakhcak) (Burmese), မပျက်မကွက် (ma.pyakma.kwak) (Burmese), 一定 (yīdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), nepre (Esperanto), sans faute (French), certamente (Galician), unbedingt (German), okvetlenül (Hungarian), feltétlenül (Hungarian), mindenképpen (Hungarian), áreiðanlega (Icelandic), örugglega (Icelandic), immancabilmente (Italian), senza dubbio (Italian), 是非 (zehi) (alt: ぜひ) (Japanese), 반드시 (bandeusi) (Korean), албетте (albette) (Kyrgyz), сөзсүз (sözsüz) (Kyrgyz), милдеттүү түрдө (mildettüü türdö) (Kyrgyz), кандай болсо да (kanday bolso da) (Kyrgyz), sem falha (Portuguese), непреме́нно (nepreménno) (Russian), обяза́тельно (objazátelʹno) (Russian), sin falta (Spanish)
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  2. Inevitably.
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