However, it turned out to be a faux pas, as Mother made me return the dress.

然而，结果是母亲要我把衣服退回，真是一件很失礼的事情。

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The survey found that it's bad manners to ask for the Internet access code, while 89 percent branded using a phone at the table as the biggest house guest faux pas.

调查发现，询问上网密码是无礼的表现，而89%的人认为在餐桌上使用手机是客人最失态的行为。

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As languages go, English is a notoriously promiscuous one, borrowing caricatures from Italian, chutzpah from Yiddish and faux pas from French.

从语言角度来说，英语在“杂交”方面可以说是恶名昭著，它将意大利语的滑稽荒诞、意第绪语的肆无忌惮和法语的不拘小节全都兼容并蓄。

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Not so long ago, offering cash as a gift was a social faux pas.

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From the start, the group knew (because I told them) they were going to encounter many cultural differences during their time on the project team and this process of seeking to understand the differences right when they occurred made sure no one took a cultural faux pas as a personal slight or direct insult.

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