lapse

1. A temporary failure; a slip.

   memory lapse

   It was a regrettable lapse by a person of otherwise exemplary character.

   Entgleisung, Ausrutscher

   ля́псусljápsus, оплошностьoplošnostʹ

   a failure to maintain a higher state

2. A decline or fall in standards.

3. A pause in continuity.

4. An interval of time between events.

5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

   Verfallen, Erlöschen, Verfall

6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.

7. A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

8. A fall or apostasy.

1. Tom has lapsed into a coma.

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2. Tom lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness.

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3. Tom lapsed into silence.

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4. Tom lapsed into a coma.

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5. We all have memory lapses.

   ruУ нас у всех бывают провалы в памяти.

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