French-English translations for astuce

trick
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Many different tricks are employed. Les astuces utilisées sont nombreuses. He admitted they had made phone calls to Mr Almunia and used hundreds of tricks. Il a admis que ses services s'étaient entretenus par téléphone avec M. Almunia et qu'ils avaient employé une kyrielle d'astuces. I thought the world had seen enough of clever financial tricks. Je pensais que le monde avait eu sa dose de petites astuces financières.
cleverness

hint
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I needed a hint to complete the crosswordHe gave me a hint that my breath smeltThere was a hint of irony in his voice
inkling
shamIt was only a sham wedding: they didnt care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling themThe time-share deal was a shamA con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit
shrewdness
stealth
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go stealth; be stealth; live stealthHe has been/lived stealth for 10 years
tip
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the tip of ones nosea tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etcchicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips

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