contrivance
 noun
 estrataxema
EN "Girl!" cried he, laughing bitterly, as he turned to Alice, "have you brought hither your painter's art --your Italian spirit of intrigue --your tricks of stage-effect --and think to influence the councils of rulers and the affairs of nations, by such shallow contrivances?".
GL --Rapaza! --gritou, rindo amargamente, mentres se volveu para Alice--, trouxeches para acó a túa arte de pintora, o teu espírito italiano de intriga, as túas tretas de efecto escénico, e coidas influenciar nos concellos ou rexedores e nos asuntos de nacións con tales estrataxemas triviais?
 Fonte: EDW (138)
trebello
EN Then I wanted to arrange some contrivance to break open the doors of bronze under the White Sphinx.
GL Tamén quería arranxar algún trebello co que forza-las portas de bronce situadas baixo a Esfinxe Branca.
Fonte: TEM (1381)
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