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Meanings of best imitation in английском

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Usage of best imitation in английском
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You get into bed! he said, with the best imitation he could manage.
Danger! and Other Stories
2
For the best imitation of English blankets, not under six.
Life of Adam Smith
3
Mistress MacGregor offered her best imitation of a smile.
Heaven and the heather
4
I was giving my best imitation of a flowerpot.
Rage
5
Mrs. Berry's short neck made the best imitation it could of an offended swan's action.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5
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Jeth frowned, doing his best imitation of surprise.
Avalon
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He did his best imitation of a casual saunter and entered the men's room for a look-see.
Secret of the seventh son
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It was his best imitation of resistless authority, and he saw, even in speaking, that he had miscalculated.
Denzil Quarrier
9
For the best imitation of Dresden work in a pair of man's ruffles, £5:5s.
Life of Adam Smith
10
Those that can't afford that kind of life scrape along giving the best imitation of it they know how.
The Real Adventure
11
So he shifted his focus to her, touched her arm, and gave her his best imitation of a heartfelt smile.
Navigators of Dune
12
Dick went forward, with his best imitation of the way he imagined an Indian scout would approach a strange house.
The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics
13
Olympia gave her best imitation of a silly, ignorant female, spreading her hands with a little hiccup of a laugh.
Body work
14
I pretended to be mortally scared, and spoke in the best imitation I could manage of the postman's high cracked voice.
Greenmantle
15
I used my best imitation of the Southern dialect, which I can still use on occasion, and it was perfectly successful.
An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
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I race through the terminal doing my best imitation of someone determined and important, the dead phone pressed to my ear.
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