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"Artful dodger" nghĩa là gì?
18 Jul, 2022
"Artful dodger" -> nghĩa là kẻ lừa đảo, gian xảo cố tránh rắc rối vì hành vi sai trái do chúng gây ra bằng các mánh khóe, xảo quyệt. Đây là tên của một kẻ móc túi chuyên nghiệp trong tác phẩm Oliver Twist của Charles Dickens.
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It’s a fascinating character, and what Thomas [Brodie-Sangster] does with it is amazing. He’s an artful dodger, but he’s creative and he wants to ruffle some feathers, like a provocateur (người khiêu khích).
Those who knew the subterfuge (lẩn tránh) approach that brought Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015 continue to insist that the Great Jagaban Borgu, Bola Tinubu actually combined resources with another wise investor (nhà đầu tư) from Rivers State and an Artful Dodger from Kwara State, among other resourceful risk-takers who invested heavily in the man they advertised to us as the only solution to all our corrupt orientations.
The situation is complicated (rắc rối) by the arrival of Omicron, which has proved an artful dodger of vaccines, leaving public health officials warning that a booster shot is necessary to blunt the disease’s worst effects.
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