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Meaning of conjuring trick in English
- After having been darkened for a scenic conjuring trick, the stage was very suddenly thrown into brilliant light.
- As easily as though it was some conjuring trick the rock began to settle down in the water.
- Do you expect God to put cash into your desk by a conjuring trick?
- He waggled his club over it as if he were going to perform a conjuring trick.
- The young man was possessed of considerable dexterity, and performed a number of very clever conjuring tricks.
Examples of conjuring trick
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To produce such schemes simply as a conjuring trick, or, indeed, as a confidence trick, is totally irrelevant to the country's industrial problems.
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I am equally certain that there is no conjuring trick of diplomacy which, if only we could find it, would guarantee peace.
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That kind of conjuring trick can produce a reason for sweeping matters away.
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The result is that that couple is left with a constant conjuring trick to make ends meet.
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I hope that those who think that it can be done like a conjuring trick will bear this point in mind.
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What you are presenting to us here is a conjuring trick.
This creates the problem of schools in this country, and this is where there is a conjuring trick.
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It is a sort of conjuring trick—rabbits out of a hat.
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I do not say that this is dishonest; it is not, it is a fair manoeuvre, but it is a conjuring trick.
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It is not a conjuring trick ; it is a miracle.
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This is a conjuring trick of doubtful morality.
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Even then they performed a conjuring trick, assuming that local authorities would be able to contribute the same amount from their balances as last year.
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Secondly, this is largely being done by a massive conjuring trick.
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Does he know what is the essence of every conjuring trick?
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That conjuring trick is a way of taking money from the future.
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