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> 剣士ガフガリオン  
>  「いいか、一人残らず殺るぞッ！  
>  生きて奴らを帰すなッ！
>
> 騎士アグリアス  
>  「何を言うか！  
>  奴らを殺す必要はないッ！  
>  「ここで奴らを殺してしまっては  
>  まさにゴルターナ公の思うつぼ！  
>  追い返すだけでいいッ！
>
> 剣士ガフガリオン  
>  「そんな **器用なマネ** ができるもンかッ！

It's from the game "Final Fantasy Tactics".

I don't really understand the last sentence.

My translation: "Like I can act that skillfully!"

Does **器用な真似** mean "act skillfully" or it means "skillfully pretend"?
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What 器用な真似 means here?
For もんか, please see [this
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/21320/30454). In a lot of cases,
もんか expresses a strong sense of disbelief, denial, conviction, or challenge to
another person.

This マネ/真似 doesn't mean copying, pretending, or imitation. It means behavior
or act. Per
[デジタル大辞泉（小学館）](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E7%9C%9F%E4%BC%BC_%28%E3%81%BE%E3%81%AD%29/):

> 行動。ふるまい。「ばかな真似はよせ」

Here 器用な真似 means something that requires skills or high level of ability to
accomplish. In this context

> そんな器用なマネができるもンかッ！

means "Something difficult like that is beyond my reach!"
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