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semblant [sɑ̃blɑ̃]masculine noun• un semblant de calme/bonheur/vie/vérité a semblance of calm/happiness/life/truth* * *sɑ̃blɑ̃nom masculinelle fait semblant de rien, mais elle t'a vu — she's seen you but she's not letting on (colloq)
* * *sɑ̃blɑ̃ nmIl fait semblant de dormir. — He's pretending to be asleep.
* * *semblant nm un semblant de légalité/d'honnêteté a semblance of legality/of honesty; faire semblant de croire à qch/d'être triste to pretend to believe sth/to be sad; faire semblant que to pretend that; il n'est pas triste, il fait semblant he isn't really sad, he's only pretending; elle ne fait semblant de rien, mais elle t'a vu she's seen you but she's not letting on○; jouer à faire semblant to play ‘let's pretend’.[sɑ̃blɑ̃] nom masculin1. [apparence]offrir un semblant de résistance to put on a show of ou to put up a token resistance2. [feindre]ne fais pas semblant d'avoir oublié don't pretend to have forgotten ou (that) you've forgottenfaire semblant d'être malade to sham illness, to malinger
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