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"Sleight of hand" nghĩa là gì?
28 Jan, 2021
"Sleight of hand" có sleight là mánh khóe -> cụm từ này nghĩa là lừa đảo, gian dối.
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A House of Lords committee has accused (buộc tội) the housing ministry of using a "legislative sleight of hand" by making temporary measures introduced at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to ease the functioning of the planning process permanent without any public consultation.
A few members of the Texas House have begun arguing that charter schools “cost the state more” than traditional schools. This is a rhetorical (tu từ) sleight-of-hand based on ignoring all the revenue that comes to schools from local sources.
It will reflect as capital receipts of the state governments and add to the fiscal (tài chính) deficit (tiền thiếu hụt) of the states. Another sleight of hand by the central government intended to reduce the effective revenue deficit of theirs.
It’s striking how much of Biden’s climate executive actions reflect major elements of the Green New Deal — tackling climate change while addressing economic/racial injustice — without actually *being the Green New Deal. Some political sleight of hand.
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