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The Universal Dictionary
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faux pas

[ˌfəu'pɑː]

сущ.; фр.; мн. faux pas

ложный шаг

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

faux pas

ложный шаг, бестактность ж

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Examples from texts

I don't know why I make faux pas.
Сам не знаю, почему я совершаю столько оплошностей.
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key / This Side of ParadiseФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей / По эту сторону рая
По эту сторону рая
Фицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1977
This Side of Paradise
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key
© 2000 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.

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ˌfəu'pɑːNounложный шагExamples

grave faux pas — тяжкий проступок
to commit / make a faux pas — совершить проступок, оступиться

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  1. 1.

    Ложный, неправильный шаг. Плохой поступок. Бестактность.

    translation added by Elena Bogomolova
    Gold en-ru
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Collocations

make a faux pas
плошать