une tache (tash) noun, feminine

  1. a mark, spot, blotch
  2. a stain
  3. a jerk

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Also:
sans tache = spotless, unblemished (reputation)
une tache d'huile = an oily mark, oil stain
une tache de graisse = a grease mark
une tache d'encre = an ink stain
une tache de vin = a wine stain, a strawberry mark (on the skin)
une tache de rousseur = a freckle
une tache de sang = a bloodstain

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Expressions:
faire tache = to stick out like a sore thumb
faire tache d'huile = to gain ground

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Citation du Jour:
La boue peut cacher un rubis, elle ne le tache pas.
Mud can hide a ruby, it does not stain it.

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A Day in a French Life…

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French Vocabulary:

le taboulé = tabbouleh
le jambon = ham
une tomate = a tomato
le fromage = cheese
le pain =  bread
la télé = the TV
le midi = noon
une pub = a commercial
une veste = a jacket
le rouge à lèvres = lipstick
les taches de chocolat = chocolate stains
la pelouse = the grass
le maquillage = makeup
un papa = a dad
n'importe quoi = hogwash, rubbish (nonsense)
déçu = disappointed