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Meanings of sleight of hand in английском

русский
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Fine motor skills used to entertain or manipulate.

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Usage of sleight of hand in английском
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Instead, he typically solved his problems with sleight of hand or mechanics.
Hiding the Elephant
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I've used pretty women to distract attention from my sleight of hand.
Shadow zone
3
The act of putting something into digital notation via sleight of hand.
The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
4
He didn't tell them about the sleight of hand with the sources.
The bricklayer
5
This is no simple school of sleight of hand and card tricks.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
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Nature was a grand one for sleight of hand and magic tricks.
The Fireman
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They told Eisenhower that they could overthrow Castro by sleight of hand.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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Through sleight of hand, Sedaris artfully reveals as much as he conceals.
Wired
9
This, in a clever sleight of hand, is Potter as field vole.
The Guardian
10
What a sleight of hand marriage was, how fraudulent the social world!
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
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Conjuration, sleight of hand, magic, witchcraft, were the subjects of the evening.
Cranford
12
The approach drew isolated claims of budgetary sleight of hand during floor debate.
Reuters
13
He had a diversity of talents; he was clever at sleight of hand.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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All of this Sheridan managed with a seeming ease and sleight of hand.
The Irish Times
15
This village was named for the once famous sleight of hand performer Patler.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5
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It is nothing but a ghetto, dealt with sleight of hand.
Perdido Street Station