Translations for „prevaricate“ in the English » German Dictionary

pre·vari·cate [prɪˈværɪkeɪt, Am -ˈver-] VB intr form

prevaricate

Ausflüchte machen

to prevaricate [over sth]

sich acc [in Bezug auf etw acc ] ausweichend verhalten

Jane is prevaricating over whether to buy a new house

Jane kann sich einfach nicht zu dem Kauf eines neuen Hauses entscheiden

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Answer clearly and do not prevaricate or obfuscate.

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Fingering the hem of her cotton apron, she prevaricated.

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Some critics found the text candid and forthright; others considered it defensive, prevaricating, and melodramatic.

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Frank, having spent two seasons prevaricating, finally decides to act.

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There are some limits to a person's ability to prevaricate on the site.

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The expert who is paid to prevaricate or the examiner who is honest?

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While others waffled and prevaricated, they respectively told the leader who appointed them to cabinet that it was time to go.

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He prevaricates and digresses, anything to throw her off track.

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He comes here every working day but claims to spend most of his time prevaricating.

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Then taking this bundle of diverse thoughts, they prevaricated and debated and the clock ticked.

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