List

f; -, -en cunning; (Trick) ruse, trick, ploy; zu einer List greifen use (oder employ, resort to) a trick, use a bit of cunning; er steckt voller List he knows a trick or two, he’s a sly old fox; mit List und Tücke with a great deal of cunning

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die List

ruse; art; trick; artfulness; craftiness; guile; ploy; stratagem; wile

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Lịst [lɪst]

f -, -en

(= Täuschung) cunning, artfulness; (= trickreicher Plan) trick, ruse

mit List und Tücke (inf) — with a lot of coaxing

zu einer List greifen, (eine) List anwenden — to use a bit of cunning, to resort to a ruse

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die

1) (the ability to deceive or trick people: She used guile to get him to propose to her.) guile

2) artfulness

3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) craft

4) (a plan; a manoeuvre: She uses various ploys for getting her own way.) ploy

5) (a clever trick or plan.) ruse

6) (a trick or plan.) stratagem

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List

<-, -en>

[lɪst]

f (Täuschung) trick, ruse

eine \List anwenden to use a little cunning

zu einer \List greifen to resort to a trick [or ruse]

▶ mit \List und Tücke (fam) with cunning and trickery

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die; List, Listen

1) [cunning] trick or ruse

2) o. Pl. (listige Art) cunning

mit List und Tücke — (ugs.) by cunning and trickery

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List f; -, -en cunning; (Trick) ruse, trick, ploy;

zu einer List greifen use (oder employ, resort to) a trick, use a bit of cunning;

er steckt voller List he knows a trick or two, he’s a sly old fox;

mit List und Tücke with a great deal of cunning

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die; List, Listen

1) [cunning] trick or ruse

2) o. Pl. (listige Art) cunning

mit List und Tücke — (ugs.) by cunning and trickery

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-en f.

artfulness n.

craftiness n.

guile n.

stratagem n.

trick n.