1.
when you tell sb to do sth without fail , you are telling them that they must do it :
I want you here by two o'clock without fail.
2.
always :
He emails every week without fail.
1.
when you tell sb to do sth without fail , you are telling them that they must do it :
I want you here by two o'clock without fail.
2.
always :
He emails every week without fail.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005