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verb

bestehen

Er hat die Prüfung bestanden.

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(past participle bestanden, auxiliary haben)

transitive) to succeed, to pass (an exam

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verb

durchfallen

Ich bin bei / in der Prüfung durchgefallen.

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(intransitive) to fail; not to pass (with regard to some test or examination)
Unlike English “to fail”, German durchfallen cannot take a direct object. The thing that one fails may be given with the prepositions bei or in + dative case. However, an even commoner construction is fallen + durch + accusative. Note that this is not a compound verb, but a simple verb + preposition:
Ich bin durch die Prüfung gefallen. ― I failed the exam.

In order to express that a teacher or examiner “failed somebody”, that is “made them fail”, durchfallen is construed with lassen:
Der Lehrer hat mich durchfallen lassen. ― The teacher failed me.

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adjective

geduldig (comparative geduldiger, superlative am geduldigsten)

Es dauert eine Weile, Brot zu backen, also ist es wichtig, geduldig zu sein.

Die Lehrerin meines Sohnes ist immer sehr freundlich und geduldig.

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patient (ability or willingness to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering)

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noun

Weile

Darf ich auch mal eine Weile damit fahren?

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Die

while

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