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1 pretence
[-s]noun ((an) act of pretending: Under the pretence of friendship, he persuaded her to get into his car.) pretveza* * *[priténs]nounBritish English izgovor, pretveza; pravica, zahteva; figuratively videz, pretvara, krinka, lažto make a pretence of — hliniti, trditifiguratively to abandon the pretence — sneti krinko -
2 charade
(a piece of ridiculous pretence which is so obvious that it does not deceive anyone.) šarada- charades* * *[šərá:d]nounzlogovna uganka, šarada -
3 masquerade
[mæskə'reid] 1. noun((a) pretence or disguise: Her show of friendship was (a) masquerade.) maškarada2. verb((with as) to pretend to be, usually intending to deceive: The criminal was masquerading as a respectable businessman.) pretvarjati se* * *[mæskəréid]1.nounmaškarada, ples vmaskah; figuratively pretvarjanje, maskiranje;2.intransitive verbzakrinkati se; figuratively pretvarjati se, delati se (as) -
4 natural
['næ ərəl] 1. adjective1) (of or produced by nature, not made by men: Coal, oil etc are natural resources; Wild animals are happier in their natural state than in a zoo.) naraven2) (born in a person: natural beauty; He had a natural ability for music.) prirojen3) ((of manner) simple, without pretence: a nice, natural smile.) pristen4) (normal; as one would expect: It's quite natural for a boy of his age to be interested in girls.) normalno5) (of a musical note, not sharp or flat: G natural is lower in pitch than G sharp.) razvezan2. noun1) (a person who is naturally good at something.) rojen za kaj2) (in music (a sign () indicating) a note which is not to be played sharp or flat.) razvezaj•- naturally
- natural gas
- natural history
- natural resources* * *I [naečərəl]adjective ( naturally adverb)naraven; resničen, pristen; fizičen; prirojen, lasten (to); rojen (govornik), od rojstva (bebec); naraven, nezakonski (otrok, oče); music razvezento come natural to — biti komu lahko, biti komu prirojenomusic natural sign — razvezajmusic natural scale — C durnatural weapons — nohti, zobje, pestiII [naečərəl]nounbebec; naravni dar; colloquially rojen genij; jasna stvar ( for za); music bela tipka, nota brez predznaka, razvezaj -
5 obtain
[əb'tein](to get; to become the possessor of: He obtained a large sum of money by buying and selling houses.) pridobiti (si)* * *[əbtéin]1.transitive verbdobiti, doseči, pridobiti, preskrbeti si, prejeti; doseči (svojo voljo, željo); economy doseči (ceno);2.intransitive verbobstajati, biti priznan, biti veljavenjuridically to obtain by false pretence — z zvijačo priti do česa -
6 pose
I 1. [pəuz] noun1) (a position or attitude of the body: a relaxed pose.) drža2) (a false manner or way of behaving assumed in order to impress others; a pretence: His indignation was only a pose.) poza2. verb1) (to position oneself eg for a photograph to be taken: She posed in the doorway.) pozirati2) ((with as) to pretend to be: He posed as a doctor.) izdajati se zaII [pəuz] verb(to set or offer (a question or problem) for answering or solving: He posed a difficult question; This poses a problem.) postaviti* * *I [póuz]nounpoza, drža; figuratively narejenost, pozaII [póuz]1.transitive verbpostaviti, postaviti v pozo (to pose s.o. for a photograph); sprožiti, postaviti (vprašanje, problem, trditev, zahtevo); izdajati (as za);2.intransitive verbpostaviti se (v pozo); biti model, pozirati; izdajati se (as za)III [póuz]transitive verbzbegati, spraviti v zadrego (z vprašanji) -
7 pretend
[pri'tend]1) (to make believe that something is true, in play: Let's pretend that this room is a cave!; Pretend to be a lion!; He wasn't really angry - he was only pretending.) delati se2) (to try to make it appear (that something is true), in order to deceive: He pretended that he had a headache; She was only pretending to be asleep; I pretended not to understand.) pretvarjati se•- pretence- false pretences* * *[priténd]1.transitive verbdelati se, hliniti, varati, slepiti; predrzniti si, upati si;2.intransitive verbpretvarjati se; drzniti si, domišljati si, zahtevati, lastiti si, pretendirati na kaj (to)he pretends ignorance — dela se, da ne veI don't pretend to learning — ne domišljam si, da sem učen -
8 pretense
[priténs]nounAmerican see pretence -
9 under
1. preposition1) (in or to a position lower than, or covered by: Your pencil is under the chair; Strange plants grow under the sea.) pod2) (less than, or lower in rank than: Children under five should not cross the street alone; You can do the job in under an hour.) manj kot3) (subject to the authority of: As a foreman, he has about fifty workers under him.) pod4) (used to express various states: The fort was under attack; The business improved under the new management; The matter is under consideration/discussion.) za časa; v2. adverb(in or to a lower position, rank etc: The swimmer surfaced and went under again; children aged seven and under.) niže; manj- under-* * *[ʌndə]1.prepositionpod; pod vodstvom, pod zaščito; pod vplivom (pritiskom); za časa, za vladanja, med; na osnovi, na temelju, v smislu, pounder one's belt figuratively v želodcuunder darkness — v temi, v zaščiti temeunder consideration — v proučevanju, v pretresanjuthe matter under discussion — zadeva, ki je v diskusijiunder hatches — v zaporu; propadel, mrtev; nautical pod palubounder pretence that... — pod pretvezo, da...ship under the sea nautical brez pomoči morju izpostavljena ladjaunder the rose figuratively zaupnoto be under a cloud figuratively biti v nemilosti; biti v denarni stiskithe total falls under what was expected — celotna vsota je ostala pod pričakovanjem;2.adverbspodaj; niže; manjto go under American podleči, propastithe sun is under — sonce je zašlo;3.adjectivespodnji; nižji; podrejenthe under dog colloquially pes (figuratively oseba), ki podleže v boju
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pretence — The usual AmE spelling is pretense … Modern English usage
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