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pretext

B2 noun

pretext /ˈpɹiːtɛkst/ nghĩa là cớ

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  1. cớ

    A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

    The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.

    [T]hey would ſay [...] that I had quarrell'd / My brother purpoſely, thereby to finde / An apt pretext, to baniſh them my houſe.

    On every kind of pretext she would run away from work [...]

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