Plural ofpretext
pretext
- Examples
Using various pretexts Elisha refuses to present himself in court. | Usando varios pretextos Elisha rehúsa presentarse en el tribunal. |
I would call them on some pretexts to get money. | Los llamaría con algunos pretextos para conseguir dinero. |
If there are no pretexts for intervention, imaginary ones are created. | Si no hay pretextos para la intervención, se crean pretextos imaginarios. |
This is pre-emptive war under the feeblest of pretexts. | Esto, es la guerra preventiva bajo el más débil de los pretextos. |
To achieve this end, they sent Krishna to Radha under many pretexts. | Para lograr este objetivo, enviaban a Krishna con Radha bajo diversos pretextos. |
Plausible pretexts for this dismissal were not lacking. | Pretextos plausibles para esta destitución no faltaban. |
Often this discrimination veils itself behind spurious pretexts. | A menudo esta discriminación se oculta tras falaces pretextos. |
But those accusations of incivility pretty soon became pretexts for persecution. | Pero esas acusaciones de incivilidad muy pronto se convirtieron en pretextos para la persecución. |
Another one recommended shameful ways to fabricate pretexts to justify a war. | Otro recomienda bochornosas formas de provocar incidentes para justificar una guerra. |
Critical thinking readers can recognize that these pretexts are absurd. | Los lectores que piensan críticamente saben que estos son pretextos absurdos. |
An interpretation of continuity but not breaking, which provided pretexts to ultratradizionaliste reactions. | Una interpretación de continuidad pero no, proporcionar pretextos para reacciones de ultratradizionaliste. |
Everything else is simply rhetoric, pretexts or justifications that no one believes. | Lo demás, es pura retórica, pretextos y justificaciones que nadie se cree. |
Nor is it surprising that they need to invent pretexts. | Tampoco nos extraña que tengan que inventarse pretextos. |
Finally, under several pretexts, Hyde managed to slip into some unusual ideas. | Finalmente, con diversos pretextos, Hyde deslizó algunas ideas insólitas. |
It will not be easy to fabricate pretexts to do it. | No será fácil instrumentar pretextos para hacerlo. |
The legislatures of these countries agreed to the loans under deceitful pretexts. | Los parlamentos de esos países aceptaron esos préstamos con pretextos mentirosos. |
Prohibition of fines or any deductions from pay under various pretexts. | La prohibición de multas o de cualquier deducción de la paga bajo varios pretextos. |
In reality there are two pretexts: the war on drugs, and terrorism. | En verdad son dos pretextos: el combate a la droga y el terrorismo. |
That is why only recently, He was gagging Web under the false pretexts. | Es por ello que solo recientemente, Él fue náuseas Web bajo los falsos pretextos. |
In 2011, with the flimsiest of pretexts, NATO attacked and destroyed Libya. | En 2011, con el más frágil de los pretextos, la OTAN atacó y destruyó Libia. |
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