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1 предлог
1) General subject: a peg to hang (a thing) on, blind, cloak, colour, cop-out (не сделать чего-л.), cover, creephole, excuse, guise, handle, make-believe, make-believe reply, peg to hang a thing on (для речи и т. п.), plea, pretence, pretense, pretext, salvo, stalking horse, stalking-horse, veil, redirect2) Colloquial: alibi3) American: stall (особ. с целью оттяжки)4) Grammar: prep, preposition6) Linguistics: P7) Diplomatic term: make reply8) Jargon: cover-up9) Business: allegation -
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1) General subject: come off, creephole, dodge, dodgery, doubling, elusion, evasion, game, jink, jinks, loophole, parry, quibble, quibbling, quiddity, quip, quirk, salvo, shift, shuffle, stalling, stalling (бокс), subterfuge, tergiversation2) Colloquial: come-off4) Law: double5) Australian slang: lurk6) Diplomatic term: loop-hole7) Jargon: tweak8) Business: letout
См. также в других словарях:
Creephole — Creep hole ( h?l ), n. 1. A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger. [1913 Webster] 2. A subterfuge; an excuse. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
creephole — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a retreat through or into which an animal creeps (as to escape notice) 2. : subterfuge, excuse … Useful english dictionary
