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Significats de make-believe en anglès

Imaginative intellectual play.

Imagined as in a play.

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Examples for "pretence"
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The flat means society life; that is, the pretence of social life.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1
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Last year, Dr Schram was charged with obtaining employment through false pretence.
Radio NZ
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The same defiant note; but there was anxiety behind the cold pretence.
The Hunt Ball Mystery
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And now the Seneschal took refuge in a fine pretence of indignation.
St. Martin's Summer
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There was a pretence of ordinary breakfast; the little servant necessitated that.
New Grub Street
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Her pretense allowed her to discover a great deal about her surroundings.
Shadowlight
2
If we are to continue the pretense, we need to be authentic.
Accidentally the sheikh's wife
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I haven't come into your house with the pretense of any demand.
Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
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One of the worst offenses against humanity is the pretense of divinity.
Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
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Once the pretense is adopted, I shall have to keep it up.
The lady elizabeth
Ús de make-believe en anglès
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The house bought on make-believe; the house that a penny dreadful built.
The sherlockian
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But he thought it was all make-believe, just a young girl's imagination.
Running with the Demon
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Her make-believe portraits of spam mail senders a case of the latter.
Wired
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Children, who love to play make-believe, have a natural inclination toward theatre.
The Irish Times
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The fun, make-believe stories they shared still resonate with us decades later.
The South African
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Yet his reading tastes run toward chaos, make-believe monsters, and destructive visions.
The President's Assassin
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I asked wistfully, because it was nice playing make-believe with Mr Gentleman.
The Guardian
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Of course this was only make-believe, but the children often played that.
Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's
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And undoubtedly his subtlety was to some extent a matter of make-believe.
Old and New Masters
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Let us be careful and not be caught by make-believe spring weather.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, No. 06, April ...
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In the hall again, she paused, grinning up at her make-believe friend.
A big little life
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Granted it is make-believe, yet not more than practising at a target.
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
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Unless you are good at make-believe, it is no fun at all.
Old Valentines / A Love Story
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People were no longer content with such make-believe reporting, and ever been.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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Their play is a make-believe battle or escaping or funeral or capture.
The Desert of Wheat
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Yet, let us make-believe, you a bold knight and I your lady.
In the Court of King Arthur
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