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double-talk

Übersetzungen

double-talksubstantiv

double-talks

Pl.

double langageLangage volontairement ambigu ou trompeur.

The politician's statement was full of double-talk.

La déclaration du politicien était pleine de double langage.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

charabiaSens familier; discours rapide ou volontairement embrouillé, parfois à effet comique.

Synonyme

double talk

double-talkverb

double-talked

Präteritum

double-talked

Partizip Perfekt

double-talking

Gerundium

tenir un double langageEmployer un discours volontairement ambigu ou confus.

She double-talked when pressed for details.

Elle a tenu un double langage quand on lui a demandé des précisions.

Synonyme

talk in circles

beat around the bush

tergiversate

palter

prevaricate

hem and haw

double-talkadjektiv

Used attributively before nouns (e.g., "double-talk answer")

trompeurSe dit d’un discours, d’une explication ou d’un langage volontairement ambigu.

His double-talk explanation left everyone puzzled.

Son explication trompeuse a laissé tout le monde perplexe.

Synonyme

Definitionen

double-talksubstantiv

Deliberately ambiguous or deceptive language intended to confuse or mislead.

The politician's statement was full of double-talk.

Rapid, often comic speech mixing real and invented words to parody official or technical language.

The comedian's routine relied on clever double-talk.

double-talkverb

To speak in a deliberately ambiguous or confusing manner.

She double-talked when pressed for details.

double-talkadjektiv

Characterized by, involving, or containing double-talk.

His double-talk explanation left everyone puzzled.