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Значения термина thin veneer на английском

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Использование термина thin veneer на английском
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She looked lost and frightened, but fear was only a thin veneer.
Iron lace
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They had stepped past the thin veneer of civilization and become barbarians.
Mech
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Sure, we all walk around while wearing a thin veneer of civilised rationality.
Independent.ie
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You have covered them up with a thin veneer of civilization.
The Sails of Tau Ceti
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The board is hollow, the top being made of thin veneer (Fig.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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The thin veneer of his first mock-friendliness was gone utterly.
The Ivory Trail
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Photo: AFP Civilisation is a thin veneer over the roiling anarchy of our human frailties.
Radio NZ
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Roy says it was a thin veneer of legality.
Radio NZ
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The city was a living creature, hungry and untamed beneath its thin veneer of civilization.
Shadow's son
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At this question, Perkins' self-control gave way and his thin veneer of decency disappeared completely.
The Skylark of Space
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All the thin veneer of politeness was cracked by this blow, and Mr. Mulready said sullenly:
Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
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After all, we are pitiful creatures, and, under the thin veneer, like enough to the beasts.
The Good Comrade
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Gravity is an exceptional exception to all this fantasy overlaid with a thin veneer of science.
BBC
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The thin veneer of professionalism and corporate governance that this whole story peeled back should please nobody.
The Guardian
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Beneath a paper- thin veneer, she was vulnerable.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
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He came sauntering up, the grin splitting his face only a thin veneer to hide his suspicion.
The Lair of Bones
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