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transparent

Something that can be seen through is transparent. The transparent window let much sun in. Something that is easy to understand is transparent. It was such a transparent lie that nobody believed him. More transparent idioms are easier to learn than others.

transparent

(= crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity the cold crystalline water of melted snow crystal clear skies could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool lucid air a pellucid brook transparent crystal (= diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, vaporous) so thin as to transmit light a hat with a diaphanous veil filmy wings of a moth gauzy clouds of dandelion down gossamer cobwebs sheer silk stockings transparent chiffon vaporous silks easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety) a transparent explanation a transparent lie (= guileless) free of deceit

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Simple sentences

This transparent liquid contains a kind of poison.
This transparent liquid contains poison.
Water is transparent.
Water is a transparent liquid.
Glass is transparent.
It's transparent.
I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.
Am I that transparent?
The rain had made her T-shirt transparent.
The glass is fragile and transparent.
The water is transparent.

Movie subtitles

We're transparent here.
Each planet was attached to its transparent, movable sphere.
I knew the minute I looked at that transparent face of yours that something was up.
Well, it's just that you're so transparent. And for such a devious kind of barrister, too.
I'm transparent, you can't see me.
Beautiful and transparent.
The brown ones aren't transparent.
Today everything they were is transparent.
The sea is calm, transparent.
But the water made it transparent.
The more we tried to get past those transparent obstacles.
When its transparent wings, longer than an eagle's, fold in, it fits in the palm of your hand.
Down deep on the sea bed, there are even transparent fish.
So that it will be bright, full of glare and transparent light.
They sometimes appeared in a transparent mode, other times they were invisible, and they often appeared to be completely visible.
You're getting transparent.
But then, of course, we didn't count upon a creature. that has learned to stalk the most cunning animal. that can catch scents upon the Wind. that has mastered the trick of moving through a forest as if he were transparent.
We're behind the eight ball, it ain't transparent.
She is far too popular and the connections too transparent.
Your bearded son is just as transparent as when he was a little boy of 9.
And it helps to have that marvelous look that Montgomery Clift is able to give all the way through this film because it's totally transparent to what he's thinking and feeling at every moment.
And besides, how long do you think I could hold on to my job if it gets out I've got a transparent offspring?
You are the most transparent man I ever saw.
Cruelty, loneliness and fear all these things would be straightforward and transparent.
I can explain everything that happened but that transparent ghost.
You're rather transparent, you know, Bart.
The beautiful transparent angel won't give its last!
To put the kindest face possible on it. the girl was a little horror- a transparent, syrupy little phony. with about as much to offer a man as Cuckoo the Bird Girl.
She was wearing a very tight dress transparent, with flowers on it.
Wearing that tiara and veil, symbols of purity. so white and transparent that one can look into your immaculate soul.
The sea is calm, transparent. Feel the breeze.
Down deep, some are even transparent.
She had found a little isolated beach. where the sea was transparent. and the sand pink.
The wall's transparent.
It's a one-quarter scale transparent figure with all the intestines. It's very educational, also.
Another transparent excuse for delay.

News and current affairs

But what if the EFSF were to mimic Banco del Pacífico in a transparent way, say, by setting a threshold spread level above which it would fund buy-backs of any Greek bond in the market?
In response, the World Bank agreed that there are instances of abuse in land acquisition, particularly in developing countries in which governance is weak, and said that it supported more transparent and inclusive participation.
For years, foreign governments complained about American hedge funds, arguing that their non-transparent behavior posed unacceptable risks to stability.
Moreover, many fragile states are rich in natural resources, and must establish transparent resource management - aimed at curbing corruption and controlling illicit flows of money and goods - in order to raise the revenues needed to deliver services.
Everywhere nowadays, key decisions are made by a self-selected group of elites, often in non-transparent circumstances.
Now survey data, too, suggest that Saudis may well begin demanding a more transparent politics and a less interventionist religion.
But the sooner the underlying reality is made transparent and becomes widely recognized, the lower the long-run cost will be.
For two hundred years, economists used simple economic models that assumed that information was perfect - i.e. that all participants have equal and transparent knowledge of the relevant factors.
But, in order to regain and maintain public confidence, governments, regulators, and operators must be transparent about the benefits and risks of nuclear power - and honest when things go wrong.
Success in this balancing act requires leadership, transparent policies, and good communication.
Financial sanctions, for instance, discourage the development of a modern and transparent financial system, integrated with the rest of the world.
Many hope that the SARS crisis will encourage China's leaders to become more transparent and accountable.
Leadership change in most democracies is a relatively transparent process; it follows national elections.
Finally, as a new order seemed to emerge in the aftermath of the US-made Great Recession, the G-20 agreed (or so it was thought) that the next IMF head would be chosen in an open and transparent manner.
Laws can make the separation of capital and political power transparent for all to see.
Such a tax is politically appealing, but ultimately it makes little sense - except, perhaps, in a crisis year when bank subsidies are glaringly transparent.
The only thing we got wrong was how bad banks' lending practices were, how non-transparent banks really were, and how inadequate their risk management systems were.
Halliburton is now at the front of the line for Iraqi reconstruction projects, for which contracts are being handed out without any transparent and competitive process whatsoever.
As taxpayers had already put huge sums into rescuing failing banks, with the prospect of more to come, a transparent process to reveal how the money was being used was imperative.
As in North Korea, Iran's neighbors might provide the right mechanism to create a more transparent relationship between Iran and the world.
They failed to recognize that globalization - particularly the global information revolution - has made the world more transparent and interdependent than ever.
The holes in financial institutions' balance sheets should be filled in a transparent way.
The slogan was widely ridiculed, particularly in China, for its transparent absurdity.

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