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1 trickery
noun (the act of deceiving or cheating: She could not stand his trickery.)* * *trick.er.y[tr'ikəri] n artifício, malandragem, trapaça, velhacaria, embuste. -
2 trickery
noun (the act of deceiving or cheating: She could not stand his trickery.) logro, trapaça -
3 abduct
(to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap: The president has been abducted.) raptar* * *ab.duct[æbd'∧kt] vt 1 raptar, levar à força. 2 Physiol abduzir. -
4 craft
1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) arte2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) barco3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) manha•- crafty- craftily
- craftiness
- craftsman
- craftsmanship* * *[kra:ft; kræft] n 1 arte, habilidade, destreza, perícia. 2 ofício, profissão. 3 oficial, profissional, artífice. 4 astúcia, manha, artifício. 5 (também crafts) embarcação, embarcações, navio, navios, avião, aviões. aircraft aviões. arts and crafts artes e ofícios. small craft embarcações pequenas. the craft maçonaria. the gentle craft a pescaria. -
5 device
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) instrumento2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) processo* * *de.vice[div'ais] n 1 invento artificioso, invenção, artifício, dispositivo, aparelho. 2 projeto, plano, esquema. 3 estratagema, truque, ardil, astúcia. 4 desenho, padrão, modelo. 5 Her divisa, emblema. 6 engenho. 7 Comp dispositivo: qualquer equipamento eletrônico (geralmente acessório) que ligado ao computador possiblita efetuar operações completas e independentes. a man full of devices homem engenhoso, inventivo. circuit-breaking device dispositivo de interrupção. to leave someone to their own devices deixar alguém fazer o que quiser, deixar alguém executar algo por sua própria conta. -
6 evade
[i'veid](to escape or avoid by eg trickery or skill.) evitar/evadir- evasion- evasive
- evasively
- evasiveness* * *e.vade[iv'eid] vt+vi 1 evadir(-se), iludir, escapar, fugir, livrar-se, esquivar(-se), evitar. 2 fig sofismar, usar subterfúgios, burlar, contornar uma lei. -
7 hocus-pocus
[houkəs'poukəs](trickery; words, actions etc which are intended to deceive or mislead (someone): The people were not deceived by the political hocus-pocus of the prospective candidate.) truque* * *ho.cus-po.cus[houkəs p'oukəs] n 1 truque, ligeireza manual. 2 artifício, engano, logro. • vt enganar, iludir. -
8 trick
[trik] 1. noun1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.)2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.)2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.)- trickery- trickster
- tricky
- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
- a trick of the trade
- trick or treat!* * *[trik] n 1 engano, embuste, fraude, trapaça. none of your tricks with me / não tente lograr-me. 2 truque, malícia. 3 habilidade, artifício. he has a trick of finding / ele tem a habilidade de achar. 4 tramóia, peça, ardil. he did the trick / ele arrumou o negócio. he played me a dirty trick, he played a dirty trick upon me / ele me pregou uma peça. 5 travessura. 6 hábito, costume. she has tricks that remind me of him / ela tem costumes que me fazem lembrar, dele. 7 todas as cartas jogadas numa rodada. 8 tricks pl subterfúgios, artimanhas. she was up to his tricks / ela percebeu suas artimanhas. • vt+vi 1 enganar, lograr, iludir, pregar uma peça. 2 fazer mágica ou truques. 3 ornar, enfeitar. • adj mágico, relativo ao truque. by a trick of the eye por uma ilusão de óptica. to get/ learn the trick aprender o jeito, o truque. to trick into doing persuadir ou levar a fazer. to trick out, to trick up enfeitar. to trick out of desviar a atenção de, enganar, distrair. to trick with brincar, gracejar com. trick for trick na mesma moeda. tricks of law escapatórias da lei. tricks of memory ciladas da memória. -
9 wangle
['wæŋɡl](to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery: He got us seats for the concert - I don't know how he wangled it.) arranjar-se* * *wan.gle[w'æŋgəl] vt+vi 1 arranjar, cavar, dar um jeito. 2 obter ardilosamente, por meios tortuosos. 3 usar de ou recorrer a artimanhas. 4 vencer dificuldades, desembaraçar-se, desenredar-se. -
10 abduct
(to take (someone) away against his will usually by trickery or violence; to kidnap: The president has been abducted.) raptar -
11 craft
1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) arte2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) barco3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) astúcia•- crafty- craftily - craftiness - craftsman - craftsmanship -
12 device
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) instrumento2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) expediente -
13 evade
[i'veid](to escape or avoid by eg trickery or skill.) evadir- evasion- evasive - evasively - evasiveness -
14 hocus-pocus
[houkəs'poukəs](trickery; words, actions etc which are intended to deceive or mislead (someone): The people were not deceived by the political hocus-pocus of the prospective candidate.) truque, prestidigitação -
15 trick
[trik] 1. noun1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.) ardil2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) truque2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) trucado- trickery- trickster - tricky - trickily - trickiness - trick question - do the trick - play a trick / tricks on - a trick of the trade - trick or treat! -
16 wangle
['wæŋɡl](to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery: He got us seats for the concert - I don't know how he wangled it.) arranjar-se
См. также в других словарях:
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trickery — noun Date: 1796 the practice of crafty underhanded ingenuity to deceive or cheat Synonyms: see deception … New Collegiate Dictionary
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