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[-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 -
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[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
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