Son échec semble être lié à son caractère.
His failure seems to have something to do with his character.
Sa paresse provoqua son échec, et avec raison.
His idleness resulted in the failure, and with reason.
Il attribue son échec à la mauvaise chance.
He ascribes his failure to bad luck.
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