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1 semblant
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 -
2 simuler
simuler [simyle]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verba. ( = reproduire) to simulateb. ( = feindre) [+ sentiment, attaque] to feign* * *simyle1) ( feindre) to feign, to simulate [attaque, émotion, sentiment]2) Informatique, Technologie ( reproduire) to simulate* * *simyle vt1) (= reproduire) [phénomène naturel] to simulate2) (= feindre) to feign, to simulate* * *simuler verb table: aimer vtr1 ( feindre) to feign, to simulate [attaque, émotion, sentiment]; simuler la folie to feign madness; simuler la douleur to pretend to be in pain;3 Jur simuler une vente to effect a fictitious sale; simuler des opérations Compta to effect fictitious operations.[simyle] verbe transitif1. [feindre - douleur, ivresse, folie] to feignsimuler l'innocence to put on an air ou a show of innocencea. [appelé, employé] to malingerb. [enfant] to pretend to be ill -
3 flanc
n. m.1. Etre sur leflanc:a To be 'knackered', 'buggered', to be exhausted.b To be 'off sick', to have a 'sick-note', to be off work for health reasons.2. Mettre sur le flanc: To exhaust, to wear out mentally and physically. En vacances, il nous met tous sur leflanc: Holidaying with him leaves you longing for a rest!3. Tirer au flanc: To 'come the old soldier', to 'swing the lead', to malinger.a To rack one's brains.b To 'flog oneself needlessly', to get into a useless frenzy of activity.
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malinger — index fake, pretend, shirk, shun Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 mal … Law dictionary
malinger — ma‧lin‧ger [məˈlɪŋgə ǁ ər] verb [intransitive] to avoid work by pretending to be ill: • We need to discourage employees from malingering but provide help for those who are genuinely sick. malingerer noun [countable] * * * malinger UK US… … Financial and business terms
Malinger — Ma*lin ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malingering}.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malinger — (v.) 1820, from Fr. malingrer to suffer, perhaps also pretend to be ill, from malingre ailing, sickly (13c.), of uncertain origin, possibly a blend of mingre sickly, miserable and malade ill. Mingre is itself a blend of maigre meager + haingre… … Etymology dictionary
malinger — *dodge, parry, sidestep, duck, shirk, fence Analogous words: evade, avoid, elude, *escape, shun … New Dictionary of Synonyms
malinger — ► VERB ▪ exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work. DERIVATIVES malingerer noun. ORIGIN from French malingre weak, sickly … English terms dictionary
malinger — [mə liŋ′gər] vi. [< Fr malingre, sickly, infirm < mal, bad (see MAL ) + ? OFr heingre, lean, haggard] to pretend to be ill or otherwise incapacitated in order to escape duty or work; shirk malingerer n … English World dictionary
malinger — UK [məˈlɪŋɡə(r)] / US [məˈlɪŋɡər] verb [intransitive] Word forms malinger : present tense I/you/we/they malinger he/she/it malingers present participle malingering past tense malingered past participle malingered to avoid work by pretending to be … English dictionary
malinger — verb /məˈlɪŋɡə,məˈlɪŋɡɚ/ To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation. It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves. See Also: malingerer, malingering, malinge … Wiktionary
malinger — intransitive verb (malingered; malingering) Etymology: French malingre sickly Date: 1820 to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) • malingerer noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
malinger — malingerer, n. /meuh ling geuhr/, v.i. to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one s duty, avoid work, etc. [1810 20; < F malingre sickly, ailing, equiv. to mal MAL + OF heingre haggard (perh. < Gmc)] * * * … Universalium