Con
Learned
Learned adjective - Having or displaying advanced knowledge or education.
Both words in one sentence
- He then reveals that he's never learned to read (to imply that all of his previous novels were the result of a similar con).
Source: Never Learned to Read - The Magnificent Seven: Resident gambler and con man Ezra Standish does this the first time his mother — from whom he learned all his less savory skills — shows up.
Source: Calling the Old Man Out - Years later, the author learned that the game was in fact just as unprepared for the con as they were-they were watching a pre-made video with the demo guy pretending to play.
Source: Motivational Lie
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