fail to make the cutとなりますが、これはもともとはゴルフ用語でした。予選通過はもちろんmake the cutです。何かの基準を満たすことがmake the cutです。make the listともいえます。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQmGIKc5mw 0:31 make the cut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oW13FQm4ps 8:28 summers wouldn't find out whether she made the cut until next day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpNvWsf8Up0 0:19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHh2cpLGzIA&feature=feedu 5:32 who makes the cut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M096Y6Ft-PY&list=PL40468E5313F8D7E3&index=88&feature=plpp_video 2:49 this got rejected? it did not make the cut. これは製品化しなかったのですか？だめでしたね。 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsW0Y7AoUj0&feature=g-all-u&context=G243556fFAAAAAAAAFAA 0:36 they are easily qualified to make the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&v=BT6sLUQ_UDY&NR=1 0:09 I did not make the final cut. 最終選考には残れなかった。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ0fjaf4cW8 0:19 who will make the cut? 誰が予選に勝ち残るのか？
参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2010/11/datsuraku-senkou-moreru-taisyougai.html 選考からもれるを英語でなんと言うか？
練習問題解答
a-607 made the cut
a-861 n't make the cut
a-1134 made the cut
a-2247 narrowly made the cut
a-4404 not make the cut
a-5363 not even making the cut
b-1038 made the cut
