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betray

/bəˈtɹeɪ/

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verb

Предать, изменять

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

Examples :

"an officer betrayed the city"

Офицер предал город.

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verb

Предать, изменять

To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

Examples :

"My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty."

Мои глаза предают меня с тех пор, как мне исполнилось шестьдесят.

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verb

Предать, выдать секрет

To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

Examples :

""He promised to keep my secret, but he betrayed my trust by telling everyone at school." "

Он пообещал сохранить мой секрет, но предал мое доверие, рассказав всем в школе.

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verb

Предавать, выдавать

To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

Examples :

"Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin."

Хотя он прожил в Англии много лет, слабый акцент выдавал его шведское происхождение.

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verb

Предать, изменять

To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.

Examples :

"The teacher's misleading explanation of the math concept betrayed the students, leading them into a series of errors on the test. "

Вводящее в заблуждение объяснение учителя математической концепции предало учеников, приведя их к серии ошибок на тесте.

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verb

Предать, соблазнить и бросить

To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

Examples :

"The charming new boy in class betrayed Sarah's trust by promising to marry her and then leaving her. "

Очаровательный новый мальчик в классе предал доверие Сары, пообещав жениться на ней, а затем бросив ее.

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