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The cities must refrain from making any comment, spoken or written, or portrayal of any nature, likely to tarnish the image of a rival city or be prejudicial to it.
Les villes devront s'abstenir de tout propos, écrit ou représentation, susceptible de ternir l'image d'une ville concurrente ou de lui porter préjudice.
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Clearly, engaging in fraud by organising stratagems and embezzling funds is likely to tarnish the reputation of the Olympic Movement.
Manifestement, le fait d'organiser des escroqueries à l'aide de stratagèmes et de détourner des fonds est susceptible de porter atteinte à la réputation du Mouvement olympique.
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But he can not accept this sacrifice, because the world, which does not know you, would give a wrong interpretation to this acceptance, and such an interpretation must not tarnish the name which we bear.
Mais ce sacrifice, il ne peut l'accepter, parce que le monde, qui ne vous connaît pas, donnerait à ce consentement une cause déloyale qui ne doit pas atteindre le nom que nous portons.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
The brass of the latter was tarnished.
Le cuivre était piqué de taches ternes.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
It had allowed the NSDAP to project itself as the most radical voice of the Right, a protest-movement par excellence that had never been tarnished with any involvement in Weimar government.
Il avait permis au NSDAP de s'affirmer comme la voix la plus radicale à droite, comme un mouvement de protestation par excellence qui ne s'était jamais compromis avec le gouvernement de Weimar.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 1998.
© Flammarion, 1999, pour la traduction francaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© 1998 by Ian Kershaw
© 1939, 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Company
No smoke had tarnished them since they had been flung up from their subterranean beds.
Aucune fumée ne les avait ternis depuis qu'ils avaient émergé de leurs couches souterraines.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
It is only fair to add that her delight was not tarnished by any sordid calculations.
Il faut le dire à sa louange, sa joie fut alors pure de tout calcul.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
And if, to forget their feelings, they tried to interest themselves in what was taking place around them, their sight was dimmed, and they fancied that a grey smoke filled the air, and that each object was tarnishing and becoming faded and sullied.
Et si, pour sortir de leur malaise, ils tâchaient de s’intéresser à ce qui les entourait, ils voyaient trouble, ils s’imaginaient qu’une fumée grise emplissait l’air, et que chaque objet se ternissait, fané et sali.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
The gold tissue, frayed at the folds, broke out in little slender tufts; the embossed ornaments were getting tarnished and worn.
Le tissu, limé aux plis, laissait échapper de minces houppettes! les ornements en relief se rongeaient et s'effaçaient.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Stumm switched on the electric light, and there was a great hall with black tarnished portraits of men an women in old-fashioned clothes, and mighty horns of deer on the walls.
Stumm tourna la lumière électrique et je vis un grand hall rempli de sombres portraits vernissés d’hommes et de femmes vêtus à la mode d’autrefois. Les murs étaient ornés de trophées de chasse.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
We see slowly stirring groups and fragments of groups, composed of beings who bow under the weight of their coats and aprons of mud, who trail themselves along, disperse, and crawl about in the depths of the sky's tarnished light.
On voit se déplacer lentement des bandes, des tronçons de caravanes composées d’êtres qui plient sous le poids de leurs casaques et de leurs tabliers de boue, et se traînent, se dispersent et grouillent au fond du reflet obscurci du ciel.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
His fresh rosiness of yesterday seemed a thought tarnished.
Ses fraîches couleurs de la veille semblaient un peu atténuées.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John

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tarnish

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetarnishtarnishes
Possessive casetarnish'starnishes'

tarnish

verb
Basic forms
Pasttarnished
Imperativetarnish
Present Participle (Participle I)tarnishing
Past Participle (Participle II)tarnished
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tarnishwe tarnish
you tarnishyou tarnish
he/she/it tarnishesthey tarnish
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tarnishingwe are tarnishing
you are tarnishingyou are tarnishing
he/she/it is tarnishingthey are tarnishing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tarnishedwe have tarnished
you have tarnishedyou have tarnished
he/she/it has tarnishedthey have tarnished
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tarnishingwe have been tarnishing
you have been tarnishingyou have been tarnishing
he/she/it has been tarnishingthey have been tarnishing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tarnishedwe tarnished
you tarnishedyou tarnished
he/she/it tarnishedthey tarnished
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tarnishingwe were tarnishing
you were tarnishingyou were tarnishing
he/she/it was tarnishingthey were tarnishing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tarnishedwe had tarnished
you had tarnishedyou had tarnished
he/she/it had tarnishedthey had tarnished
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tarnishingwe had been tarnishing
you had been tarnishingyou had been tarnishing
he/she/it had been tarnishingthey had been tarnishing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tarnishwe shall/will tarnish
you will tarnishyou will tarnish
he/she/it will tarnishthey will tarnish
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tarnishingwe shall/will be tarnishing
you will be tarnishingyou will be tarnishing
he/she/it will be tarnishingthey will be tarnishing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tarnishedwe shall/will have tarnished
you will have tarnishedyou will have tarnished
he/she/it will have tarnishedthey will have tarnished
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tarnishingwe shall/will have been tarnishing
you will have been tarnishingyou will have been tarnishing
he/she/it will have been tarnishingthey will have been tarnishing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tarnishwe should/would tarnish
you would tarnishyou would tarnish
he/she/it would tarnishthey would tarnish
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tarnishingwe should/would be tarnishing
you would be tarnishingyou would be tarnishing
he/she/it would be tarnishingthey would be tarnishing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tarnishedwe should/would have tarnished
you would have tarnishedyou would have tarnished
he/she/it would have tarnishedthey would have tarnished
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tarnishingwe should/would have been tarnishing
you would have been tarnishingyou would have been tarnishing
he/she/it would have been tarnishingthey would have been tarnishing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am tarnishedwe are tarnished
you are tarnishedyou are tarnished
he/she/it is tarnishedthey are tarnished
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being tarnishedwe are being tarnished
you are being tarnishedyou are being tarnished
he/she/it is being tarnishedthey are being tarnished
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been tarnishedwe have been tarnished
you have been tarnishedyou have been tarnished
he/she/it has been tarnishedthey have been tarnished
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was tarnishedwe were tarnished
you were tarnishedyou were tarnished
he/she/it was tarnishedthey were tarnished
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being tarnishedwe were being tarnished
you were being tarnishedyou were being tarnished
he/she/it was being tarnishedthey were being tarnished
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been tarnishedwe had been tarnished
you had been tarnishedyou had been tarnished
he/she/it had been tarnishedthey had been tarnished
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be tarnishedwe shall/will be tarnished
you will be tarnishedyou will be tarnished
he/she/it will be tarnishedthey will be tarnished
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been tarnishedwe shall/will have been tarnished
you will have been tarnishedyou will have been tarnished
he/she/it will have been tarnishedthey will have been tarnished