pretext : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

	English	German
	pretext	Vorwand {m}; vorgeschobener Grund {m}; Scheingrund {m}
	under the pretext	unter dem Vorwand
	to plead as an excuse; to make a pretext of	vorschützen {vt}
	pleading as an excuse; making a pretext of	vorschützend
	plead/pleaded as an excuse; made a pretext of	vorgeschützt
	he/she pleads as an excuse; he/she makes a pretext of	er/sie schützt vor
	I/he/she plead/pleaded as an excuse; I/he/she made a pretext of	ich/er/sie schützte vor
	he/she has/had plead/pleaded as an excuse; he/she has/had made a pretext of	er/sie hat/hatte vorgeschützt
	to feign illness	Krankheit vorschützen
	to plead ignorance	Unwissenheit vorschützen
	slight	leicht; schwach; klein; unbedeutend; dünn; unwichtig; gering; graduell [geh.] {adj}
	slight chance	geringe Chance
	on the slightest pretext	unter dem geringsten Vorwand