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  • 1 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.) a-şi în­chipui; a pretinde; a se preface
    2) (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.) a pre­tinde; a se preface
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    - false pretences

    English-Romanian dictionary > pretend

  • 2 pass (something or someone) off as

    (to pretend that (something or someone) is (something or someone else): He passed himself off as a journalist.) a se da drept

    English-Romanian dictionary > pass (something or someone) off as

  • 3 pass (something or someone) off as

    (to pretend that (something or someone) is (something or someone else): He passed himself off as a journalist.) a se da drept

    English-Romanian dictionary > pass (something or someone) off as

  • 4 fake

    [feik] 1. noun
    1) (a worthless imitation (especially intended to deceive); a forgery: That picture is a fake.) imitaţie
    2) (a person who pretends to be something he is not: He pretended to be a doctor, but he was a fake.) impostor
    2. adjective
    1) (made in imitation of something more valuable, especially with the intention of deceiving: fake diamonds.) fals(ificat)
    2) (pretending to be something one is not: a fake clergyman.) impostor
    3. verb
    (to pretend or imitate in order to deceive: to fake a signature.) a contraface

    English-Romanian dictionary > fake

  • 5 sham

    [ʃæm] 1. noun
    (something that is pretended, not genuine: The whole trial was a sham.) impos­tură; imitaţie
    2. adjective
    (pretended, artificial or false: a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham?) fals
    3. verb
    (to pretend (to be in some state): He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming.) a se preface (că)

    English-Romanian dictionary > sham

  • 6 turn a blind eye

    (to pretend not to see or notice (something): Because he works so hard, his boss turns a blind eye when he comes in late.) a închide ochii (la)

    English-Romanian dictionary > turn a blind eye

См. также в других словарях:

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  • pretend — I UK [prɪˈtend] / US verb Word forms pretend : present tense I/you/we/they pretend he/she/it pretends present participle pretending past tense pretended past participle pretended ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to behave in a particular way… …   English dictionary

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  • Pretend — Pre*tend , v. i. 1. To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; usually with to. Countries that pretend to freedom. Swift. [1913 Webster] For to what fine he would anon pretend,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • pretend — ► VERB 1) make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. 2) engage in an imaginative game. 3) simulate (an emotion or quality). 2) (pretend to) lay claim to (a quality or title). ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ imaginary; make believe …   English terms dictionary

  • pretend — 1 /prI tend/ verb 1 (I, T) to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not: We re not really sisters; we were just pretending. | pretend (that): The candidate pretended she had worked for a newspaper before. | pretend to do sth …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pretend — pre|tend1 W3S2 [prıˈtend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: praetendere to stretch out in front, make an excuse , from tendere to stretch ] 1.) [I and T] to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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