Parola del giorno in inglese: livello avanzato

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
pretence
1. sost. (Glossa;falso spettacolo) finta
2. sost. finzione
inglese > inglese
pretence
1. subst. (British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.
2. subst. (obsolete) Intention; design.

Esempi d'uso

The pretence is that this is not a theatre, but a conference on torture victims that is giving the survivors a chance to tell their terrible stories.  But it must be time that we abandoned the pretence that superstition is just for the ladies, and realise that an unbridled fear of magpies is the most macho doctrine of all.

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