shifty

1. Subject to frequent changes in direction.

   изменчивыйizménčivyj, переменчивыйpereménčivyj

   changing position or direction

2. Moving from one object to another; not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.

3. (idiomatic, informal)Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.

   He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.

4. Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

1. He's a shifty character and I don't trust him one bit.

   ruОн скользкий тип, и я ни на йоту ему не доверяю.

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2. It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white lashes.

   deEs war ein abscheuliches Gesicht: durchtrieben, boshaft, heimtückisch, mit verschlagenen, hellgrauen Augen und weißen Wimpern.

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