grekiska-engelska översättning av δόλος
- artifice
- blindThe lovers were blind to each others faults.Authors are blind to their own defects.a blind path; a blind ditch; a blind corner
- bluffThat is only bluff, or a bluffJohns bet was a bluff: he bet without even so much as a pairJohn bluffed by betting without even a pair
- caper
- cheating
- chicanery
- codology
- conpros and consown the consWere getting a loft con done next year.
- craftThe craft of writing playsThe carpenters craftHe learned his craft as an apprentice
- craftiness
- cunningcunning worka cunning little boythe cunning of the fox or hare
- deceitThe whole conversation was merely a deceit.
- deception
- deviousness
- dishonesty
- dodgeHe dodged traffic crossing the street.The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
- duplicity
- evasion
- every trick in the bookHe was always one step ahead of me, as he seems to know every trick in the book.The solicitor tried every trick in the book to get me to sign the contract, but I wasnt having any of it!
- expedientMost people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option
- fraud
- fraudulence
- funny businessThere was no ill intent behind it, no funny business; only when the new situation became clear did we suddenly find there was a new problem we had not seen before. Δεν υπήρχε κακή πρόθεση ούτε κάποιος δόλος. Διαπιστώσαμε ξαφνικά ότι υπάρχει ένα καινούργιο πρόβλημα, που δεν το είχαμε αντιμετωπίσει ως τώρα, μόνο όταν έγινε σαφής η νέα κατάσταση.
- gameBeing a child is all fun and gamesGames in the classroom can make learning funSally won the game
- guile
- hoax
- intrigue
- kidology
- lurk
- machination
- manoeuvre
- masqueradeI was invited to the masquerade party at their homeI’m going to masquerade as the wikipede. What are you going to dress up as?He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out
- monkey businessDo your homework and forget about all this monkey business
- ployThe free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch
- pretence
- pretextThe reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.
- racketPower tools work quickly, but they sure make a racketWith all the racket theyre making, I cant hear myself think!Whats all this racket?
- ruse
- scamThat marketing scheme looks like a scam to meThat car was a scamThey tried to scam her out of her savings.
- scheme
- sharp practiceThe typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda.
- shiftJust last week she bought a new shift at the market.Well work three shifts a day till the jobs done.There was a shift in the political atmosphere.
- sleight
- slynessWith his natural slyness, he was able to talk his way out of trouble.
- smokescreenAll that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say
- sophistry
- stratagem
- stuntSome have said smoking stunts your growth.The politician timed his announcement to stunt any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention.
- subterfugeOvert subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident.
- tactic
- trickIt was just a trick to say that the house was underpricedAnd for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bagThats a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
- trickery
- wheezeThe new comedy is a wheeze.You think youre going to win? Thats a real wheeze!
- wileHe was seduced by her wiles.Heres a pleasant way to wile away the hours.
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