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secret in inglese:

1. clandestine clandestine


clandestine marriage
nothing is quite as puzzling as our predilection for clandestine copulation.
Announcing to her boyfriend that she was going to the library, Maria actually went to meet George for a clandestine liaison.
If we are rejecting illegal, clandestine immigration, it is because of all the trafficking...
the clandestine group / clandestine love affair
They were having a clandestine affair for 4 years.

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2. secrecy secrecy


The conference was cloaked in secrecy.
We bound her to secrecy.
This plan requires secrecy.
Discussions were to take place in total secrecy.
secrecy of voting, correspondence
You can depend on my secrecy.
Secrecy is of the essence in this matter.

3. sneaky sneaky


No matter how sneaky you are, you can never surprise yourself.
You sneaky bastard!
Don't trust him. He's a sneaky son of a bitch.
“sneaky, underhanded tactics”

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4. closely guarded closely guarded



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5. ii


We became Americanized after World War II.
I am writing a thesis about international disputes after World War II.
World War II ended in 1945.
World War II came to an end in the 20th year of the Showa era.
The reign of Philip II lasted forty years.
Gerhard Schroeder is the first German chancellor not to have lived through World War II.
It has been almost 50 years since World War II ended.
Elizabeth II is the Queen of England.
Queen Elizabeth II has held numerous titles and honours throughout her life.
Finally, in 1314, these games had become so violent and dangerous that King Edward II made a law.
Queen Elizabeth II is thought to be descended from Genghis Khan via her grandmother.
My wife is crying a river of tears because Queen Elizabeth II has passed away.
They perform at Theatro Dom Pedro II all week.
World War II ended and the Olympics were revived in 1948 in London, but the losing countries of the war, Germany and Japan, were not invited.
That proved to be no more than an expression of optimism when World War II began.

6. hush hush



7. confidential


All the documents are confidential.
His secretary flatly denied leaking any confidential information.
This information is confidential.
Secret, not to be shown to anyone. The file was marked private and confidential.
Causing competitors to fail, obtaining confidential information, something that big business just can't do without - high risk but at the same time high return work.
He soon became confidential with the man.
I'm sorry that's confidential informations
We recommend passwords protecting confidential information.
Everything that happens in this room is confidential. -keeping people out.
Doctors are required to keep patients' records completely confidential.
confidential information/documents
poufność confidentially - poufnie
If so, ask how your information can be kept confidential. What I am about to tell you is a confidential matter.
Completion of negotiations. The ordering party shall inform all candidates of completion of negotiations. The record of the conducted negotiations is not confidential
This e-mail is confidential and it is intended only for the addressees.

8. to keep under wraps



9. stealth


They used stealth to defeat the enemy.
These thieves operate with terrifying stealth - they can easily steal from the pockets of unsuspecting travellers.
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

10. surreptitious


Spenser would not tell anyone his surreptitious plan to get back at his friends for pranking him.
She seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn't help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock.
The surreptitious CBA agents were able to get in and out without anyone noticing
He shot her a surreptitious glance.
I have said something about the grey area, in other words, the surreptitious advertising which you also mentioned.
The dog has his surreptitious ways of stealing table scraps behind my back.
surreptitious moves to deprive him of the throne

11. Furtive


I should have known what was going on the moment I noticed she was making furtive phone calls quite often.
I saw him cast a furtive glance at the woman at the table to his right.
There was something furtive about his actions.
Claudia’s placement of her drugs in her sock drawer was not asfurtive as she thought, as the sock drawer is the first place most parents look.
1) doing something secretly, or done secretly, so that people do not notice 2) He gave her a furtive glance as soon as his wife left the room.
furtive glare
She looks furtive
The two exchanged furtive glances in slight panic at this last comment

12. discreet


You need to be discreet when talking to a patient.
When you're talking to customers, you have to be very discreet.
It wasn't very discreet of you to forget the appointment.
Among orang-utans, alpha males copulate openly but subordinates are so discreet that nobody realised they mated at all until the advent of genetic paternity testing
Try to be as discreet as possible as he 's very sensitive and easily upset.
Tens of thousands of discreet rules, 60 steps to suspend...
To do him justice, he is a discreet man.
You should be more discreet in expressing yourself in public.
You weren't particularly discreet, so it's no wonder you got caught.

13. hidden


Where is it hidden?
The treasure is believed to lie hidden somewhere in the mountain.
We keep our most interesting thoughts and the most interesting side of ourselves hidden away.
We decided to lie hidden for a few days.
He could not find what I had hidden.
If you teach me how to dance, I will show you my hidden scars.
To apply further analysis to documents and files matching the keywords and find the hidden truth is "knowledge".
She spent her later life with a hidden sorrow.
They have scoured the whole desert in search of the hidden treasure.
You also must be very prudent, to keep that hidden.
For detecting drugs or hidden explosives, there's no technology that can match a dog's nose.
Want me to show you a really useful hidden command?
Are there to be hidden characters as well? We ask the developers.
Love and cough cannot be hidden.
The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed.