n .
artifice ; a trick or stratagem ; a ruse 술책 ; 속임수나 책략

• Pearl isn't allowed to wear jeans to school, so she has gotten into the habit of leaving a pair of jeans in the bushes behind her house and changing into them in her best friend's garage. This little subterfuge is about to be discovered, however, because Pearl's mother is dropping on the school unexpectedly today to bring her the lunchbox she left at home this morning.