| The French word | |
la gaffe |
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| blunder, clanger/foot in the mouth (f) | |
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Le patron l'a critiqué pour ses gaffes.
The boss called him out for his blunders. |
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Fais gaffe ou tu vas abîmer la boîte de vitesse !
Be careful or you'll strip the gears! |
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Faites gaffe ou vous allez abîmer la boîte de vitesse !
Be careful or you'll strip the gears! |
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C'est humain de faire des gaffes et des erreurs en traduction.
It's human to make slips and mistakes in translation. |
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Ne t'en fais pas pour cette gaffe. Les ragots ne durent qu'un temps. Bientôt, tout le monde l'aura oublié.
I wouldn't let a goof-up like that get to you. People have short memories and the one good thing about gossip is that it's short-lived. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |
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