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Antonija Posted 20 years ago
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trite busniess trip

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00I'm looking for a word instead 01i00trite02i00 because I feel it doesn't go well with business trip. What about deceitful or illusory sports? Meaning suspicious, serving only as an excuse for men to get rid of their wives and run to their mistresses.Thanks02br
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00There are no more those 00trite00 business trips, which should be forbidden to men, anyway, nor 00illusory/deceitful sports00.0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Antonija12cite 10Hi,12br 12br 10I'm looking for a word instead 11i 10trite12i 10 because I feel it doesn't go well with business trip. What about deceitful or illusory sports? 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Antonija,02br 02br 00I think the word you are looking for to replace "trite" is "phoney" (false) or "contrived" (invented for unnecessary reasons).

— Demetrius

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Antonija12cite 10Hi,12br 12br 10I'm looking for a word instead 11i 10trite12i 10 because I feel it doesn't go well with business trip.
  • What about deceitful or illusory sports?
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Antonija,02br 02br 00I think the word you are looking for to replace "trite" is "phoney" (false) or "contrived" (invented for unnecessary reasons).
  • I don't understand what "illusory/deceitful sports" means in this context.
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01cite10Antonija12cite10Hi,12br
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10I'm looking for a word instead 11i10trite12i10 because I feel it doesn't go well with business trip. What about deceitful or illusory sports? Meaning suspicious, serving only as an excuse for men to get rid of their wives and run to their mistresses.Thanks
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0Hi Demetrius, 02br
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00I was looking for something that is invented with a purpose to deceive somebody else. I was just translating it literally to see how do these words function together in English. 02br
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00Thank you very much0-
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0 01i00Trite02i00 should also, in this context mean ''used too many times as an excuse for being absent and cheating on one's wife''. 0-
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01cite10Antonija12cite12br
10Hi Demetrius, 12br
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10I was looking for something that is invented with a purpose to deceive somebody else. I was just translating it literally to see how do these words function together in English. 12br
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10Thank you very much12br
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0 Thank you Demetrius 0-
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