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1. adjectiveunecht; imitiert [Leder, Holz, Pelz, Stein]2. noun3. transitive verb,their marriage is only a sham — ihre Ehe besteht nur auf dem Papier
- mm- vortäuschen; simulieren4. intransitive verb,sham dead/ill — sich tot/krank stellen
- mm- simulieren; sich verstellen* * *[ʃæm] 1. noun(something that is pretended, not genuine: The whole trial was a sham.) die Täuschung2. adjective(pretended, artificial or false: a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham?) vorgetäuscht,unecht3. verb(to pretend (to be in some state): He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming.) vortäuschen* * *[ʃæm]( pej)I. nshe appears to be rich with her fine clothes, but it's only a \sham sie sieht reich aus in ihren schönen Kleidern, aber das ist nur Scheinthe American dream is a \sham der amerikanische Traum ist nur ein schöner ScheinI have no time for all this \sham ich habe keine Zeit für so ein Theater\sham deal Scheingeschäft nt\sham sympathy geheuchelte Sympathie\sham marriage Scheinehe fIII. vt<- mm->▪ to \sham sth etw vortäuschen [o simulierenIV. vi<- mm->sich akk verstellenhe isn't really upset — he's just \shamming er ist nicht wirklich gekränkt — er tut nur so* * *[ʃm]1. n1) (= pretence) Heuchelei fhe's not really sorry, it's all a big sham — es tut ihm nicht wirklich leid, er heuchelt nur or das ist geheuchelt
their marriage had become a sham — ihre Ehe war zur Farce geworden or bestand nur noch zum Schein
his life seemed a sham — sein Leben erschien ihm als Lug und Trug
2) (= person) Scharlatan myou don't really feel anything, you big sham! — du empfindest überhaupt nichts, du Heuchler!
2. adjdiamonds, oak etc unecht, imitiert; politeness etc vorgetäuscht, geheuchelt; person betrügerisch3. vtvortäuschen, vorgeben; illness also simulieren; emotions, sympathy heucheln4. viso tun; (esp with illness) simulieren; (with feelings) heucheln* * *sham [ʃæm]A s1. (Vor)Täuschung f, Heuchelei f3. Heuchler(in)4. Nachahmung f, Fälschung fB adj1. vorgetäuscht, fingiert, Schein…:sham battle Scheingefecht n2. unecht, falsch (Juwelen etc), vorgetäuscht, geheuchelt (Mitgefühl etc)C v/t vortäuschen, heucheln, fingieren, simulierenD v/i sich verstellen, heucheln:sham ill sich krank stellen, simulieren;she is only shamming sie verstellt sich nur, sie tut nur so* * *1. adjectiveunecht; imitiert [Leder, Holz, Pelz, Stein]2. noun 3. transitive verb,- mm- vortäuschen; simulieren4. intransitive verb,sham dead/ill — sich tot/krank stellen
- mm- simulieren; sich verstellen* * *adj.Schein- präfix. n.Fälschung f.
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