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Meanings of pretence in inglés
catalán
fingiment español
apariencia The act of giving a false appearance.
Usage of pretence in inglés
1
The flat means society life; that is, the pretence of social life.
2
Last year, Dr Schram was charged with obtaining employment through false pretence.
3
The same defiant note; but there was anxiety behind the cold pretence.
4
And now the Seneschal took refuge in a fine pretence of indignation.
5
There was a pretence of ordinary breakfast; the little servant necessitated that.
6
There was no longer even the pretence of knightly virtues in France.
7
Frowning: she had, it seemed, given up on all pretence of stillness.
8
It is the pretence of it, for base purposes, which is disgraceful.
9
Class elevation is pretence, not superiority; complacence, not wisdom; impudence, not power.
10
He had made a pretence to murder me with the same idea.
11
They're just having a nice time, dropping the pretence and having fun.
12
Their turgid rhetoric and exaggerated pretence did not seem natural to him.
13
But he pleases me most by his sincerity; he makes no pretence.
14
We cannot disguise hostility toward any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.
15
Altringer, on pretence of sickness, remained in the strong fortress of Frauenberg.
16
The pretence of their neutrality is not asset to the Soviet Union.
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Translations for pretence
Pretence through the time
Pretence across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare