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Significados de pretense en inglés

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fingiment
español
apariencia

The act of giving a false appearance.

apariencia
portugués
pretexto
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pretext
español
apariencia

An artful or simulated semblance.

apariencia
Uso de pretense en inglés
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Her pretense allowed her to discover a great deal about her surroundings.
Shadowlight
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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
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The professor made a pretense of examining the front door rather carefully.
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
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The high thinking and talking, the idealistic aspiration were pose and pretense.
The Conflict
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The pretense to virtue is the one vice that is not forgiven.
California and the Californians
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Mr. Gladstone never hesitated or made the slightest pretense about the matter.
The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Righ...
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Thenceforth he pursued his natural course without pretense of let or hindrance.
Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
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Without it all the claim of economy would be a mere pretense.
State of the Union Addresses
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Bailey nodded and turned back to his pretense of mending the fire.
The Bat
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The oldest natives make no pretense of being possessed of its history.
Roughing It
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After a while even the pretense of meals for us was dropped.
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
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It may be simply a pretense, an effort to delude the police.
The Substitute Prisoner
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He maintains that their zeal is mere pretense to deceive the Galatians.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
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Pretense a través del tiempo
Pretense por variante geográfica
Reino Unido
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