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contretemps

C2 noun

contretemps /ˈkɑːn.tɹə.tɑ̃/ nghĩa là sự cố bất ngờ, chuyện rắc rối

Các nghĩa

  1. sự cố bất ngờ, chuyện rắc rối

    An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.

    Mrs. Post was the center of a notable contretemps when she spilled a spoonful of berries at a dinner of the Gourmet Society here in 1938.

    The small flap over the pronunciation of her name was but the first, and the least, of the contretemps of the succeeding session.

    It is worth considering what the misperceptions about him might be if the whole “contretemps with Oprah,” as he calls it, hadn’t happened.

  2. đường chuyền sai thời điểm

    An ill-timed pass.

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