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{ "term": "trick", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "something that you do to make somebody believe something that is not true, or to annoy somebody as a joke", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They had to think of a trick to get past the guards." }, { "text": "The kids are always **playing tricks on** their teacher." }, { "text": "She won't fall for such a stupid trick." }, { "text": "Very few camera tricks are employed." }, { "text": "These rhetorical tricks are common in political speeches." }, { "text": "the kinds of accounting tricks that get CEOs into trouble" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["cheap", "cruel", "dirty"], "verb + trick": ["play", "pull", "try"], "trick + verb": ["work"], "trick + noun": ["question"], "phrases": [ "a trick of the light", "a trick or two", "every trick in the book" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "something that confuses you so that you see, understand, remember, etc. things in the wrong way", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "One of the problems of old age is that your memory can start to **play tricks** on you." }, { "text": "Was there somebody standing there or was it a trick of the light?" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["cheap", "cruel", "dirty"], "verb + trick": ["play", "pull", "try"], "trick + verb": ["work"], "trick + noun": ["question"], "phrases": [ "a trick of the light", "a trick or two", "every trick in the book" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a clever action that somebody/something performs as a way of entertaining people", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He amused the kids with conjuring tricks." }, { "text": "a magic trick" }, { "text": "a card trick" }, { "text": "You had me fooled there! Where did you learn that trick?" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["clever", "difficult", "simple"], "verb + trick": ["do", "employ", "perform"], "trick + verb": ["work"], "trick + noun": ["photography"], "phrases": ["(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a way of doing something that works well; a good method", "examples": [ { "text": "**The trick is** to pick the animal up by the back of its neck." }, { "text": "He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself." }, { "text": "Another neat trick is to add lemon peel to the water." }, { "text": "He's learned a trick or two in his time working in the tax office." }, { "text": "The real trick is predicting the market two years down the line." }, { "text": "The trick is to keep your body still and your arms relaxed." }, { "text": "There's no trick to it—you just need lots of practice." }, { "text": "a trick for getting out red wine stains" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["clever", "difficult", "simple"], "verb + trick": ["do", "employ", "perform"], "trick + verb": ["work"], "trick + noun": ["photography"], "phrases": ["(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the cards that you play or win in a single part of a card game", "examples": [ { "text": "I won six tricks in a row." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["clever", "difficult", "simple"], "verb + trick": ["do", "employ", "perform"], "trick + verb": ["work"], "trick + noun": ["photography"], "phrases": ["(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a set of methods or equipment that somebody can use", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Hotel managers are using a whole new bag of tricks to attract their guests." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be behaving in the same bad way as before", "labels": "(informal, disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "He had soon spent all the money and was up to his old tricks." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to succeed in solving a problem or achieving a particular result", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I don't know what it was that did the trick, but I am definitely feeling much better." } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "every available method, whether it is honest or not", "examples": [ { "text": "He'll try every trick in the book to stop you from winning." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have an idea, some plans, etc. that you keep ready to use if it becomes necessary", "examples": [ { "text": "I have a few tricks up my sleeve." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that somebody notices every opportunity to gain an advantage", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "said by children who visit people’s houses at Halloween and threaten to play tricks on people who do not give them sweets", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the clever ways of doing things, known and used by people who do a particular job or activity", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have sex with somebody for money", "labels": "(North American English, slang)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/trɪk/", "audio": "tr/trick/trick__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/trɪk/", "audio": "tr/trick/trick__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a noun): from an Old French dialect variant of triche, from trichier ‘deceive’, of unknown origin. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 16th cent." }