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Significats de affectation en anglès

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A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.

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        Liberals often forget that much of Bush's Texan image was an affectation.
        The Guardian
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        But what got him just now was Janus saying 'a human affectation'.
        The Departure
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        And there was no contempt in her pity; and no affectation either.
        Two Years Ago, Volume I
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        Holden knew that it was a deliberate affectation intended to look natural.
        Cibola Burn
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        At this point, his presence seemed an unnecessary affectation on Alden's part.
        The hellfire club
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        He took refuge in the affectation of great agitation which prevented exposition.
        Coningsby; Or, The New Generation
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        The poor contriver wished to find in thee an affectation of indifference.
        Jane Talbot
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        She heard Otto defend this French piece; heard him speak of affectation.
        O. T., A Danish Romance
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        Trent rubbed his chin, with an affectation of turning over the idea.
        The Woman in Black
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        You are entirely right, sir; it was only a very ridiculous affectation.
        The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
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        For a young fellow in college it is a ridiculous affectation-nothingmore.
        The Young Man and the World
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        In a word, they are a strange medley of coquetry and affectation.
        The Pretentious Young Ladies
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        Then he spoke quietly, without a trace of affectation in his voice.
        Ghost Story
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        And with the look his affectation of bucolic calm dropped from him.
        The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
        15
        Some great men have played leap-frog; some practised this affectation, some that.
        Washington in Domestic Life. From Original Letters and Manuscrip...
        16
        Her manners are very sweet, because very simple and free from affectation.
        George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
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