He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions.

他以为他能用易识破的骗术愚弄人。

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The person to ask is a magician, somebody whose profession is to fool people and make it look like they can do things with magic.

要问的是魔术师，他们的职业是愚弄别人，让他们看起来好像可以用魔法做事情。

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However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-shift to fool people.

然而，许多灾难网站借此来愚弄人们。

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The person to ask is a magician, somebody whose profession it is to fool people and make it look like they can do things with magic.

你要问的是魔术师,他们的职业就是愚弄别人,让人相信他们有魔法

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"Gov. Romney, you've been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record, " McCain said.

CNN: Candidates tout conservatism at GOP debate

Senator JOHN McCAIN (Republican, Arizona): Governor Romney, you've been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record.

NPR: GOP Candidates Take Aim at Each Other

The second your audience sees you reading words from a PowerPoint slide, you become nothing more than a little man pushing knobs around trying to fool people.

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