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Significados de pretext en inglés

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apariencia

An artful or simulated semblance.

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        Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason.

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              Examples for "pretence"
              Examples for "pretence"
              1
              The flat means society life; that is, the pretence of social life.
              A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1
              2
              Last year, Dr Schram was charged with obtaining employment through false pretence.
              Radio NZ
              3
              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
              5
              There was a pretence of ordinary breakfast; the little servant necessitated that.
              New Grub Street
              1
              Few expect Oxegen to reappear in its current guise any time soon.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Vinge warned that these inexpensive chips may create a guise for government.
              Wired
              3
              Expect these to start showing up in OEM guise early next year.
              Wired
              4
              In this guise she shall judge and decide the question which follows:
              Heart of the West
              5
              But Hillgarth had already come across him in a very different guise.
              Operation mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled th...
              1
              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
              3
              I haven't come into your house with the pretense of any demand.
              Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
              4
              One of the worst offenses against humanity is the pretense of divinity.
              Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
              5
              Once the pretense is adopted, I shall have to keep it up.
              The lady elizabeth

              Something serving to conceal plans.

                    Uso de pretext en inglés
                    1
                    Opposition groups said the abrupt closure was a pretext to prevent protests.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    In his province, Mirabeau was the cause or pretext for the troubles.
                    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6
                    3
                    He would go to South Africa on the pretext of a conference.
                    A change in altitude
                    4
                    Under the pretext of improving the law it can be easily emasculated.
                    The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox
                    5
                    He stopped the Countess to look at the pretext of this excursion.
                    Monsieur de Camors — Volume 3
                    6
                    The pretext served also to make him the subject of many conversations.
                    Evan Harrington — Volume 7
                    7
                    The ruffians were only glad of the slightest pretext for further brutality.
                    Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
                    8
                    They are a pretext, betraying its expansionist designs against Cyprus, Christofias said.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    A pretext, she had said; clearly she had seen through it all.
                    Wanderers
                    10
                    This was a trap of the right, a pretext to win elections.
                    The Guardian
                    11
                    This retreat furnished the enemy with a pretext for claiming the victory.
                    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
                    12
                    It is only a favourable pretext for the life I have chosen.
                    The Choice of Life
                    13
                    The terrible butchery which is being prepared has not even a pretext.
                    The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
                    14
                    But, put in the other way, her pretext for coming appeared trivial.
                    Demos
                    15
                    When she needed to cry, the deceased count would be the pretext.
                    War and Peace
                    16
                    Luckily, I have a pretext for my unexpected visit in these dispatches.
                    Prince Eugene and His Times
                    Sobre este término
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                    Pretext a través del tiempo
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