English–Dutch dictionary

Dutch translation of the English word find a pretext

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EnglishDutch (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(excuse; plea)
🔗 King Casmir might have extricated himself by one pretext or another had not the war, upon due reflection, seemed to promise advantage.

EnglishDutch
find a pretext een smoesje bedenken
pretext schijn; smoesje; uitvlucht; voorwenden; voorwendsel