Makel" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

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	German	English
	Dem haftet ein Makel an.; Daran klebt ein Makel.	There's a stigma attached to it.
	An ihm haftet ein Makel.	A stain clings to him.
	Da er bisher nicht darüber gesprochen hat, muss man davon ausgehen, dass er darin einen bleibenden moralischen Makel sah - dann aber hätte er beim Moralisieren ein wenig diskreter sein (oder eben über die ganze Wahrheit reden) müssen. [G]	As he has not hitherto spoken of it, one must assume that he saw it as a permanent moral flaw - in which case, he should have been somewhat more discreet in his moralising (or else have come out with the whole truth).
The example sentences [G] were kindly provided by the Goethe Institute. Sentences marked by [EU] derived from DGT Multilingual Translation Memory. The European Commission retains ownership of the copyright in the original data.