Dupes - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way.

Примеры использования:

He beguiled the voters with his good looks

verb

To charm, attract, or interest, sometimes in order to deceive

Примеры использования:

I had to show i was not beguiled by his good looks., a beguiling smile

verb

To persuade, attract, or interest someone, sometimes in order to deceive them

Примеры использования:

He was completely beguiled by her beauty., the salesman beguiled him into buying a car he didn't wa…

noun

A fool.

Примеры использования:

What a bunch of charlies

noun

A silly person

Примеры использования:

He looked a right charlie in that hat!

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Примеры использования:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

Примеры использования:

Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

verb

To act in a way that is dishonest, or to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get something for yourself

Примеры использования:

[ t ] the insurance companies were found to be cheating consumers., [ t ] they got cheated out of t…

noun

A foolish or easily deceived person.

Примеры использования:

I was left feeling a bit of a chump

noun

A foolish or stupid person

Примеры использования:

What a chump he was to quit his job.

noun

A silly or stupid person

Примеры использования:

[ as form of address ] you chump! why did you tell her that?

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Примеры использования:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Примеры использования:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

Примеры использования:

Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

verb

Deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.

Примеры использования:

I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was french champagne

verb

To persuade someone that something false is the truth; trick or fool

Примеры использования:

Some parents try to deceive school officials and enroll their children in other districts., we shou…

verb

To use dishonest or illegal methods to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

Примеры использования:

These were fraudulent transactions aimed at deceiving creditors and investors., intention/intent to…

verb

Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.

Примеры использования:

He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds

verb

To take or keep something illegally from someone by deceiving the person

Примеры использования:

She is charged with defrauding the internal revenue service.

verb

To take money or goods illegally from someone by deceiving them

Примеры использования:

Defraud sb of sth an architect and two surveyors defrauded a charity trust of £3.5m by invoicing it…

verb

Make (someone) believe something that is not true.

Примеры использования:

Too many theorists have deluded the public

verb

To fool yourself into believing something is true because you want it to be true, when it is actually not true

Примеры использования:

He’s deluding himself if he thinks he’s going to get that promotion.

verb

To make someone believe something that is not true

Примеры использования:

Delude yourself he's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year., she has de…

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something.

Примеры использования:

He thought he'd been diddled out of his change

verb

To get money from someone in a way that is not honest

Примеры использования:

He diddled me! he said that there were six in a bag, but there were only five., i checked the bill …

verb

To work with something in a way that is not serious, or to play with something

Примеры использования:

He diddled with the washing machine, but it still wouldn't work., i'm not much of a musician, i jus…

verb

Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).

Примеры использования:

Very little work has been done in this field

noun

Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.

Примеры использования:

Do you have any pets?

noun

Variant spelling of doh1.

verb

To cheat or be dishonest to someone who trusted you

verb

To trick or cheat someone who trusts you, for example, a business partner

Примеры использования:

After recent events in congress, both democrats and republicans felt they had been double-crossed b…

verb

Catch in or as in a trap.

Примеры использования:

They were ensnared in city centre traffic

verb

Take or catch as if in a trap

verb

To catch or get control of something or someone

Примеры использования:

Spiders ensnare flies and other insects in their webs., be ensnared in they wanted to make a formal…

verb

Catch in or as in a trap.

Примеры использования:

Discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife

verb

To deceive someone into doing something wrong so that the person will be caught

Примеры использования:

He claimed he was the victim of fbi entrapment.

verb

To cause someone to do something that they would not usually do, by unfair methods

Примеры использования:

I firmly believe my son has been entrapped by this cult.

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

Примеры использования:

I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

Примеры использования:

He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

Примеры использования:

That damn fool waiter

noun

A long-winged web-footed seabird with a raucous call, typically having white plumage with a grey or black mantle.

Примеры использования:

I could go on and on about the many herons, egrets, gulls, terns, and various and sundry other spec…

verb

Fool or deceive (someone).

Примеры использования:

He had been gulled into believing that the documents were authentic

noun

A person who is fooled or deceived.

Примеры использования:

The title of this piece might seem to be no more than a comment on the ease with which the flats, m…

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone).

Примеры использования:

A young inventor gypped by greedy financiers

noun

An act of cheating someone; a swindle.

Примеры использования:

That also means i never actually turned into a four-foot dragon, which is kind of a gyp.

noun

Pain or discomfort.

Примеры использования:

One of her achilles tendons had begun giving her gyp

noun

A humorous or malicious deception.

Примеры использования:

The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax

verb

Trick or deceive (someone).

Примеры использования:

I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax i was hoaxed myself.

noun

A plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick

Примеры использования:

The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax., hoax call he'd made a hoax call claiming to be the presid…

verb

Deceive or trick.

Примеры использования:

Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun

verb

To deceive or trick someone

Примеры использования:

We were hoodwinked into believing that we had won a lot of money.

adjective

Not guilty of a crime or offence.

Примеры использования:

The prisoners were later found innocent

noun

A pure, guileless, or naive person.

Примеры использования:

A young innocent abroad

adjective

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

Примеры использования:

Innocent of he firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.

noun

A tool or implement, especially one for precision work.

Примеры использования:

A surgical instrument

verb

Equip (something) with measuring instruments.

Примеры использования:

Engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere

noun

An object, such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which is played to produce musical sounds

Примеры использования:

He plays saxophone, trumpet, and several other instruments., surgical instruments

verb

Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.

Примеры использования:

We cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper

verb

To persuade someone to do something in a clever and dishonest way, when they do not want to do it

Примеры использования:

Inveigle someone into something/doing something her son tried to inveigle her into giving him the m…

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Примеры использования:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Примеры использования:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Примеры использования:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

verb

Mislead.

Примеры использования:

A long survey that can only baffle and misguide the general reader

verb

Cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression.

Примеры использования:

Fans believed they were misled about the reasons for the cancellation

verb

To cause someone to believe something that is not true

Примеры использования:

We’re not misleading people, and we’re not pretending to be something we’re not.

verb

To cause someone to believe something that is not true

Примеры использования:

The government has repeatedly misled the public, and we're here to protest., mislead sb about sth t…

noun

A large cup, typically cylindrical with a handle and used without a saucer.

Примеры использования:

She picked up her coffee mug

verb

Attack and rob (someone) in a public place.

Примеры использования:

He was mugged by three men who stole his bike

verb

Learn or revise a subject as far as possible in a short time.

Примеры использования:

I'm constantly having to mug up things ahead of teaching them

noun

A foolish and gullible person (often used humorously to refer to oneself).

Примеры использования:

Muggins has volunteered to do the catering

noun

A stupid person: often used to describe yourself when you have done something silly or when you feel you are being treated unfairly

Примеры использования:

I suppose muggins here will have to take care of the cat when they go on holiday (= i will have to …

noun

A person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.

Примеры использования:

The blonde was drop-dead gorgeous but she was nobody's patsy

noun

A person who is easily cheated or made to suffer

Примеры использования:

He claimed he was a patsy being framed by the police.

noun

A chess piece of the smallest size and value, that moves one square forwards along its file if unobstructed (or two on the first move), or one square diagonally forwards when making a capture. each player begins with eight pawns on the second rank, and can promote a pawn to become any other piece (typically a queen) if it reaches the opponent's end of the board.

Примеры использования:

The game of chess with sword-wielding pawns and deadly queens is both dramatic and mightily beautif…

verb

Deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent.

Примеры использования:

I pawned the necklace to cover the loan

noun

An object left as security for money lent.

Примеры использования:

The bank did lend money upon pawns at low interest

noun

A stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.

Примеры использования:

Their short breeding cycle allows pigeons and doves to have more broods to compensate for their sma…

noun

Archaic spelling of pidgin.

noun

A large, usually gray-and-white bird that lives esp. in cities

Примеры использования:

We fed the pigeons in the park.

noun

A movable model of a person or animal that is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it.

Примеры использования:

A puppet show

noun

A person who is easy to overcome or influence.

Примеры использования:

Colonel moore was benevolent but no pushover

noun

Something easy to do or win, or someone who is easily persuaded, influenced, or defeated

Примеры использования:

Krista gets whatever she wants – her parents are real pushovers.

noun

The fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts.

Примеры использования:

Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen…

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Примеры использования:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Примеры использования:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

noun

A stupid, awkward, or unlucky person.

Примеры использования:

He seems like the classic underdog schlemiel

noun

An unlucky or clumsy (= physically awkward) person

Примеры использования:

The character is a bit of a schlemiel, someone who finds himself the butt of jokes.

verb

Entice (someone) into sexual activity.

Примеры использования:

A lawyer had seduced a female client

verb

Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct

verb

To persuade or trick someone into doing something by making it very attractive

Примеры использования:

Nowadays you have to seduce students into learning through colorful graphics or exciting adventure …

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Примеры использования:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Примеры использования:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

noun

A foolish or gullible person.

Примеры использования:

Stop grinning at me like a simpleton

noun

A person without the usual ability to use reason and understand

noun

A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.

Примеры использования:

The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horn…

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

Примеры использования:

He was stung by a jellyfish

verb

(esp. of insects, plants, and animals) to produce a small but painful injury by making a very small hole in the skin

Примеры использования:

[ i ] why do bees sting?, [ t ] cold air stung jack’s lungs., [ i ] the soap made his eyes sting., …

noun

A subordinate used by another to do unpleasant routine work.

Примеры использования:

Party stooges put there to do a job on behalf of central office

verb

Move about aimlessly; drift or cruise.

Примеры использования:

She stooged around in the bathroom for a while

noun

A person who is forced or paid by someone in authority to do an unpleasant or secret job for them

Примеры использования:

The newly appointed mayor is widely regarded as a government stooge.

noun

A gullible or easily deceived person.

Примеры использования:

If suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them

verb

Fool or trick (someone).

Примеры использования:

They got suckered into accepting responsibility

noun

A person who believes everything you say and is therefore easy to deceive

Примеры использования:

Josie’s a sucker for burnt almond ice cream., my car won’t start again, and hopefully between the t…

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

Примеры использования:

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

Примеры использования:

He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

To cheat or trick someone in order to get money from them

Примеры использования:

Swindle sb out of sth a web-based company swindled customers out of $15 million., victims of the sw…

phrasal verb

Provide with shelter

verb

To move something or someone from one place to another

Примеры использования:

Please, take me with you!, it may rain, so take your umbrella., the suitcases were taken to madrid …

verb

To subtract one number or amount from another

Примеры использования:

Take sth from sth you'll need to take $2,000 from the $8,000 to allow for tax., take sth/sb off (st…

noun

A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.

Примеры использования:

He's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick

verb

Cunningly deceive or outwit.

Примеры использования:

Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards

adjective

Intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion.

Примеры использования:

A trick question

noun

A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.

Примеры использования:

Victims of domestic violence

noun

A person who has suffered the effects of violence or illness or bad luck

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An accident victim, she’s just a victim of circumstances beyond her control., national reports of v…