peccadille

(DE) Monsieur le Président, Mesdames et Messieurs, la fraude à la TVA n'est pas une peccadille.
(DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, VAT fraud is not a mere peccadillo.
Ce n'est pas une peccadille.
That is no laughing matter.
Elle est nécessaire parce que l'évasion fiscale n'est pas une simple peccadille. C'est un mal qui traverse les frontières.
It is necessary because tax evasion is no mere peccadillo. It affects countries across borders.
Cette femme passe volontiers sous silence ce que ces enfants font de bien, sans un mot d’encouragement, mais elle est toujours prête à les punir pour la moindre peccadille.
She is disposed to pass over the good in her children without a word of approval, but is ever ready to bear down with censure if any wrong is seen.
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