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to be crooked
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Someone involved in illegal or dishonest business activities. |
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to be economical with the truth
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To only tell someone part of the truth, often used when saying indirectly that someone is lying. |
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to be evasive
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to be fightened to death
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To be very scared or frightened. |
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to be frozen with fear
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To be so afraid, shocked, etc. that you cannot move |
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to be mistaken
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Desmentirle y dejarle mal a los ojos de otros |
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to be no/nobody´s fool
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Fingirse alguien distraído, no enterarse de algo |
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to be pure fabrication
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To be a false story or piece of information created in order to deceive people or prevent them from discovering the truth. |
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to be sly
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English |
Someone who deliberately and cleverly hides their real intentions and feelings in order to get what they want, without other people realizing what they are doing. |
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to be sneaky
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Someone who does things secretly and tricks people in order to get what they want. |
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to be taken
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To be swindled or cheated. |
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to be taken in
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To be completely deceived by someone who lies to you |
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to be wrong
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to beat around the bush
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(no) obrar clara o directamente al hacer una cosa |
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to beguile
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To deceive by guile; delude. |
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to beguile someone into something
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To charm someone into doing something. |
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to beguile someone out of something
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To charm someone out of doing something; to charm something away from someone. |
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to beguile someone with something
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To charm or fascinate someone with something. |
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to bluff
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English |
To pretend to be confident about an uncertain issue or to have indisclosed resources, in order to influence or deter (someone). |
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to bluff one's way out of something
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To get out of a difficult situation by deception or cunning. |
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to bluff someone into something
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To mislead or deceive someone into doing something. |
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to bluff someone out of something
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To get something away from someone through deception. |
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to bluff your way
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To deceive other to get what you want. |
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to catch sb in a fib
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Ct
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Coger en una mentira, contradicción |
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to catch sb out
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to cheat
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English |
To behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or examination. |
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to cheat
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To trick or deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to have. |
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to cheat at
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English |
To behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game or examination |
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to cheat someone out of something
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To trick or deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to have. |
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to chisel out of
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To cheat of |
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to con someone into doing something
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To persuade someone to do something by deceiving them. |
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to con something out of someone
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English |
To persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies. |
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to concoct
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To spend time thinking of a false story, excuse, plan, etc., especially with other people. |
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to connive
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Fingirse alguien distraído, no enterarse de algo |
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to cook up a scheme
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To spend time thinking of a false story, excuse, plan, etc., especially with other people. |
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to cook up something
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English |
To spend time thinking of a false story, excuse, plan, etc., especially with other people. |
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to cozen
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English |
To cheat or trick someone. |
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to cry crocodile tears
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Aparentar, fingir en una desgracia más sentimiento del que realmente se tiene |
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to deceive someone into something
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To trick someone into doing something |
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to deceive someone with something
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To cheat someone with something or with deceptive words. |
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to delude
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To deceive the mind or judgment of |
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to delude someone into something
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To fool someone into thinking something. |
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to delude someone with something
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To fool or trick someone with something. |
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to do
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English |
To cheat; swindle. |
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to double cross
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English |
To cheat or betray. |
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to double-cross
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English |
To cheat or betray |
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to fabricate
Fr
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English |
To think of a false story, piece of information, etc. in order to deceive people of prevent them from discovering the truth. |
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to feign ignorance
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MD
Fr
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Fingirse alguien distraído, no enterarse de algo |
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to fib
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English |
To tell lies, especially one that is no very important. |
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to fib about
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English |
To tell a lie, especially one that is not very important. |