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Meanings of prevaricate in английском
португальский
pare de enrolar каталонский
tergiversar Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
Синонимы
Examples for "lie"
Examples for "lie"
1
The fitness and the beauty lie in the felicity of the language.
2
The principal commercial forests lie in the South-Western districts of the Colony.
3
Clark said responsibility for the situation must lie with the RNZ board.
4
It is false; it is a lie; it is all a lie.
5
The rest of the hunters lie in wait in a secure place.
Usage of prevaricate in английском
1
To prevaricate with herself or with him was out of the question.
2
Demosthenes would never turn aside or prevaricate, either in word or deed.
3
I felt bound to prevaricate, for the sake of my own peace.
4
He should have no opportunity to prevaricate if I once challenged him.
5
It has not occurred to me to think that you will prevaricate.
6
But- Imakethe confession amid blushes- Icannotprevaricate, neither can I dissemble.
7
Thinking it professional to prevaricate, he murmured something about a nervous breakdown.
8
There was only one way out of it,-toprevaricate to them both.
9
Hodges considers his options, which are only two: tell the truth or prevaricate.
10
He quickly conquered the human sentiment which prompted him to prevaricate, and replied:
11
Hal felt it useless to prevaricate, and so she said, with assumed lightness:
12
Thus unexpectedly attacked, her answer slipped out before she had time to prevaricate.
13
Finding it was no use now to prevaricate, Israel boldly confesses himself a prisoner-of-war.
14
And now, prevaricate no longer; it is useless and renders you still more infamous.
15
She hardly knows she is going to prevaricate; the false statement comes out suddenly.
16
Krantz was tempted to prevaricate, but Schmidt was a power in the Central Hotel.
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Translations for prevaricate
португальский
каталонский
Prevaricate through the time
Prevaricate across language varieties
United Kingdom
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