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das Techtelmechtel (-)
   affair, fling; encounter, entanglement

Amerikas Elite-Universität Yale verbietet ihren Lehrern "zweifelhafte Aktivitäten" mit StudentInnen - keine Techtelmechtel zwischen den Tests.
America's elite university Yale forbids its teachers from "questionable activities" with students – no flings in between tests.
Das Techtelmechtel soll schon im September 2009, als seine Verlobte noch schwanger war, begonnen haben.
The affair is said to have already begun in September 2009, when his fiancée was still pregnant.
Im Rennen lief eigentlich alles perfekt, bis es zu dem Techtelmechtel mit Fernando Alonso kam, bei dem ich einen Reifenschaden davongetragen habe
In the race everything actually went perfectly until the encounter with Fernando Alonso, from which I came away with tire damage.

Related:
die Affäre (illicit) affair
die Liebelei flirtation, affair

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