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	false; fake; faux [Am.]; spurious	falsch; unecht; Schein...; Pseudo... {adj}
	fake/spurious gems	falsche Edelsteine
	spurious kindness	unechte Freundlichkeit
	spurious fruits	Scheinfrüchte {pl}
	to make spurious demands	zum Schein Forderungen erheben
	faux hawk (men's hairstyle)	Beckham-Welle {f} (Herrenfrisur)
	faux wood	Holzimitat {n}
	gaffe; faux pas; embarrassing blunder; embarrassing clanger [Br.]	Entgleisung {f}; Taktlosigkeit {f}; Fauxpas {m} [geh.]; Ausrutscher [ugs.] Fettnäpfchen {n} [ugs.] [soc.]
	to make/commit a faux pas	einen Fauxpas begehen
	to put your foot in it [Br.] with sb.; to put your foot in your mouth with sb. [Am.]; to drop a brick/clanger [Br.]	bei jdm. ins Fettnäpfchen / in ein Fettnäpfchen treten
	I really put my foot in it / in my mouth there!	Da bin ich (ja) ganz schön ins Fettnäpfchen getreten!
	I'm afraid he'll put his foot in it.	Ich fürchte, er wird sich blamieren.
	to overstep the mark; to make a faux pax	entgleisen {vi} (sich taktlos verhalten) [soc.]
	oversteping the mark; making a faux pax	entgleisend
	overstepped the mark; made a faux pax	entgleist
	fake fur; faux fur; artificial fur; fun fur	Kunstpelz {m}; künstlicher Pelz {m}; Webpelz {m}; Wirkpelz {m}; Pelzimitat {n}; Fellimitat {n} [textil.]

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