täckmantel
English translation: subterfuge, smoke-screen
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| 16:25 Mar 17, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: Valeska Maier-Wörz Local time: 14:13 | ||||||
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| 3 | smoke-screen |
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| täckmantel smoke-screen Explanation: Can be also spelled smokescreen or smoke screen. Or you could use "disguiese". For scapegoat there´s the term "syndabock". A "täckmantel" is rather used to hide or disguise something. |
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39 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| täckmantel cover Explanation: Just another suggestion. According to Norstedts, it could also mean cloak, guise, mask, semblance... I agree with Valeska that it's unlikely to be scapegoat. |
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