The Human Being - Hypocrisy Flashcards by David S

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dissimuler

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to dissemble

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feindre de

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to feign / to sham

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faire semblant

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to pretend

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un faux-semblant

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a pretence

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dissimuler / cacher

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to conceal / to hide

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déformer

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to twist

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un escroc

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a twister

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louche

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shady

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douteux

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dubious

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sournois

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devious / underhand

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subrepticement

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surreptitiously

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chachottier

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secretive

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taire qqch

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to hush up sth

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astucieux

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artful

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mensonger

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mendacious

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la ruse

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wile / craft

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rusé

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wily

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malin

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crafty

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avec tuse

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slyly (slaili)

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en cachette, en douce

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on the sly

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furtif

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stealthy

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un manipulateur

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a schemer

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des intrigues

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scheming

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manipuler

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to cant

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double jeu

A

double-dealing

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berner / duper

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to fool / to dupe

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induire en erreur

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to mislead

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trompeur

A

misleading

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tromper

A

to deceive

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l’aveuglement sur soi-même

A

self-deception

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dire un mensonge

A

to tell lies

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un mensonge pieux

A

a white lie

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un bobard

A

a fib

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un baratineur

A

a smooth talker

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un charlatant

A

a charlatan

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un imposteur

A

a fraud

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une supercherie

A

a fraud / a sham

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un imposteur

l’imposture

A

an impostor

imposture

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trahir

une trahison

A

to betray

a betrayal

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un traître

une traîtresse

A

a traitor

a traitress

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une trahison, la trahison

A

a treason

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doubler qqn

A

to double-cross sby

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se faire passer pour

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to pass oneself off as

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un canular

A

a hoax

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arnaquer

une arnaque

A

to rip off

a rip-off

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feindre la surprise

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to feign surprise

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un mensonge éhonté

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a barefaced lie / a shameless lie

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un mensonge flagrant

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a blatant lie

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un mensonge évident

A

a downright lie

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un mensonge inutile

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a pointless lie

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un tissu de mensonges

A

a web of lies

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un menteur invétéré

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an inveterate / compulsive liar

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un menteur-né

A

a born liar

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inventer une histoire

A

to make up a story

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grossir les faits

A

to blow up the facts

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c’est un secret de polichinelle que…

A

it’s an open secret that