Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps.

有人对她搞恶作剧，在那些台阶的顶部拉了一根绳子。

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From the answers and the laughter which followed them, Pinocchio understood that the boys had played a trick on him.

从他们的回答和笑声中，皮诺乔意识到，伙伴们是在捉弄他呢。

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They played a trick on me.

他们跟我开了个玩笑。

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Clive Bates, director of the anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health, told BBC News Online that the whole concept of low tar cigarettes was a "complete confidence trick" played on the consumer.

BBC: Women 'conned' by low tar cigarettes