faux pas

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a faux pas

an embarrassing mistake made in public. I realized I'd made a real faux pas by eating my soup with my dessert spoon.

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Martin's awkward predicaments, embarrassing faux pas, and earnest (though sometimes bungled) attempts at righting his wrongs are realistically portrayed and handled with a deft and light touch. Jessica Scott Kerrin: Martin Bridge, on the Lookout! by Flynn, Kitty / The Horn Book Magazine Now I'm grateful for my cultural faux pas with Isabela and for her setting me straight. Lessons from a native in Spain by Lieblich, Colin / New York Times Upfront Or whether Paris' mother will teach these money-hungry hicks that ostentation is a sign of poor breeding and that flaunting wealth, especially the inherited/married variety, is the worst kind of faux pas. How Paris turned trash into class by Parker, Kathleen / Los Angeles Business Journal More results

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Martin's awkward predicaments, embarrassing faux pas, and earnest (though sometimes bungled) attempts at righting his wrongs are realistically portrayed and handled with a deft and light touch.

Jessica Scott Kerrin: Martin Bridge, on the Lookout! by Flynn, Kitty / The Horn Book Magazine

Now I'm grateful for my cultural faux pas with Isabela and for her setting me straight.

Lessons from a native in Spain by Lieblich, Colin / New York Times Upfront

Or whether Paris' mother will teach these money-hungry hicks that ostentation is a sign of poor breeding and that flaunting wealth, especially the inherited/married variety, is the worst kind of faux pas.

How Paris turned trash into class by Parker, Kathleen / Los Angeles Business Journal

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