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Significats de double-faced en anglès

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.

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Ús de double-faced en anglès
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Obviously it was not lack of skill that produced the double-faced phrases.
The Daughters of Danaus
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The great improvement originated with the introduction of 'the double-faced sluice-cock.'
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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Pedro was dull, honorable, and frank; Juan was hawk-eyed and double-faced.
Filipino Popular Tales
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A double-faced T-shirt in coated grey fabric and matching trousers at Matthew Miller.
The Guardian
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He is ruthless and pitiless, but I do not think he is double-faced.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
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Notwithstanding, they are often cheated and ill-used by these double-faced dealers.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
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A butterfly print double-faced T-shirt over red, silky trousers at E.Tautz.
The Guardian
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A thick pad of felt or double-faced cotton flannel should go under the tablecloth.
The Etiquette of To-day
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Hideous and double-faced effrontery, which conceals no one knows what monstrosities beneath its cloak.
Napoleon the Little
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He's a double-faced swab, and a thundering hypocrite as well.
Tessa / 1901
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How many unsuspicious girls have these double-faced mothers deluded so?
Hard Cash
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But you know he was a double-faced giant; so perhaps he snored louder on purpose.
English Fairy Tales
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I have become the accomplice of this double-faced villain.
The Law and the Lady
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We accustom ourselves and our children to hypocrisy, to the practice of a double-faced morality.
The Conquest of Bread
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He'll find you out for the double-faced cur that you are-andafter that, the fireworks.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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If the natural world is so double-faced and unhomelike, what world, what thing is real?
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature