All 3 Uses
ruse
in
A Room With A View
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- It sometimes seemed as if she planned every word she spoke or caused to be spoken; as if all this worry about cabs and change had been a ruse to surprise the soul.†
Chpt 14 *ruse = an action (such as a trick or lie) that hides the truth
- It was really a ruse of Lucy's to justify her despondency—a ruse of which she was not herself conscious, for she was marching in the armies of darkness.†
Chpt 18
- It was really a ruse of Lucy's to justify her despondency—a ruse of which she was not herself conscious, for she was marching in the armies of darkness.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(ruse) an action (such as a trick or lie) that hides the truth
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)