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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
bluff
I.bluff1 /blʌf/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] [Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from Dutch bluffen 'to boast, play a kind of card game'] to pretend something, especially in order to achieve what you want in a difficult or dangerous situation: You wouldn’t really tell her. You’re bluffing! bluff your way out of/through/past etc somebody/something (=go somewhere or succeed in doing something by deceiving someone) I hope we’ll be able to bluff our way past the guard. ‘I was with Don,’ she said, deciding to bluff it out (=continue to pretend something). bluff somebody into (doing) something (=make someone do something by deceiving them) II.bluff2 BrE AmE noun [Sense 1-2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇨ ↑bluff1] [Sense 3: Date: 1600-1700; Origin: ⇨ ↑bluff3] 1. [uncountable and countable] an attempt to deceive someone by making them think you will do something, when you do not intend to do it: The threat was only a bluff. Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn’t a game of bluff. ⇨ ↑double bluff 2. call sb’s bluff to tell someone to do what they have threatened because you do not believe that they will really do it 3. [countable] a very steep cliff or slope III.bluff3 BrE AmE adjective [Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Early Dutch blaf 'flat'] a bluff person, usually a man, is pleasant but very direct and does not always consider other people: He was a bluff no-nonsense administrator.
bluffhu◎ | [blʌf] | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | có dốc đứng (bờ biển...) | | ■ | cục mịch, chân thật, chất phác, không biết khách sáo màu mè | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | dốc đứng | | ■ | lời lừa gạt; lời bịp bợm | | ■ | sự tháu cáy (bài xì) | | ☆ | to call someone's bluff | | bắt tháu cáy của ai | ※ | động từ | | ■ | bịp, lừa gạt, lừa phỉnh | | ■ | tháu cáy |
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