He was able tofool the world with his veneer of education.
他能够通过对自己的教育背景加以虚饰来愚弄世人。
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Sometimes a market trader would put a cat in his bag and pretend it was a pig tofool the customer! So if someone lets the cat out of the bag, the secret would be open to us.