Fall and Mishap

Fall

Fall noun - The act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

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Mishap and fall are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mishap" instead a noun "Fall".

Nearby Words: falling, fallen

Mishap noun - A chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury.

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Fall and mishap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fall" instead a noun "Mishap".

long	long fall	long mishap
single	single fall	single mishap
painful	painful fall	painful mishap
small	small fall	small mishap
Other adjectives: actual, great, serious, unfortunate, little, terrible, early, minor, drunken, subsequent, last, previous.

If you had not been captured by my servants and did not fall foul of some illness or mishap, you would still die within another twenty of your planet's short years.

Source: The Right of a Superior Species
One episode had Zoey herself taking the fall for a mishap committed by a few girls that nearly led ALL girls to be expelled.

Source: One-Gender School
Butt Monkey: Nasujima-sensei seems to fall into one unfortunate mishap after another, and they only seem to get worse.

Source: Light Novel / Durarara!!

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