The Human Being - Hypocrisy Flashcards

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1
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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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3
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faire semblant

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to pretend

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4
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un faux-semblant

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a pretence

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5
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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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12
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chachottier

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secretive

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13
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taire qqch

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to hush up sth

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14
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astucieux

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artful

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15
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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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19
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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

24
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manipuler

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to cant

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double jeu

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double-dealing

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berner / duper

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to fool / to dupe

27
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induire en erreur

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to mislead

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trompeur

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misleading

29
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tromper

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to deceive

30
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l’aveuglement sur soi-même

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self-deception

31
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dire un mensonge

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to tell lies

32
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un mensonge pieux

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a white lie

33
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un bobard

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a fib

34
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un baratineur

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a smooth talker

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un charlatant

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a charlatan

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un imposteur

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a fraud

37
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une supercherie

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a fraud / a sham

38
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un imposteur

l’imposture

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an impostor

imposture

39
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trahir

une trahison

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to betray

a betrayal

40
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un traître

une traîtresse

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a traitor

a traitress

41
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une trahison, la trahison

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a treason

42
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doubler qqn

A

to double-cross sby

43
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se faire passer pour

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to pass oneself off as

44
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un canular

A

a hoax

45
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arnaquer

une arnaque

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to rip off

a rip-off

46
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feindre la surprise

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to feign surprise

47
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un mensonge éhonté

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a barefaced lie / a shameless lie

48
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un mensonge flagrant

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a blatant lie

49
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un mensonge évident

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a downright lie

50
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un mensonge inutile

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a pointless lie

51
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un tissu de mensonges

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a web of lies

52
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un menteur invétéré

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an inveterate / compulsive liar

53
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un menteur-né

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a born liar

54
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inventer une histoire

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to make up a story

55
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grossir les faits

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to blow up the facts

56
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c’est un secret de polichinelle que…

A

it’s an open secret that