simple trick

collocation in English

meaningsofsimpleandtrick

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simple
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.pəl/us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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trick
noun[C]
uk
/trɪk/us
/trɪk/
an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form ...
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(Definition ofsimpleandtrickfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsimple trick

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To prevent that a separator is expected before the first f permutable element, we make use of the followingsimpletrick.
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So with onesimpletrick, he can get himself out of gaol and make everyone happy.
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That is asimpletrick.
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It still imagines that there is asimpletrickwhich will carry it effortlessly past the winning post.
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It is asimpletrick.
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By asimpletrickhe can flee and hide with a friend.
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This is done by employing asimpletrick.
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It's asimpletrick, but an effective one, and the associations it conjures heaviness and lightness, earth and heaven, death and life are thought-provoking and manifold...
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But all these directors used thesimpletrickof black cabinet just for few moments during their performances mostly to make something on the stage disappear.
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Fortunately, two simple tricks are enough to fix the problem.
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Patients are taught to understand the nature of their deficits and simple tricks to help overcome them.
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Youngsters have developed two simple tricks.
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He soon moved on from simple tricks to performing feats such as fire-eating and fire-breathing.
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Although quite intelligent, even able to impersonate a human being, he expresses ignorance when asked to perform simple tricks, such as shaking a paw.
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Some species can learn simple tricks.
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