pretence in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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pretence, pretense [Brit prɪˈtɛns, Am ˈpriˌtɛns, priˈtɛns] N

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pretence in the PONS Dictionary

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è stata tutta una simulazione
it was all a pretence

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Abt's compositional style betrays an easy fluency of invention, couched in pleasing popular forms, but without pretence to depth or individuality.
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He was one of the better players on that 1927 internal tour, and nobody caught up with the fact he was there under false pretences.
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The story also serves as a pretence to describe the rules of the game.
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Pretence is often a badge of a bad conscience.
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In essence, she argued that war is not a successful problem solving mechanism and justifications for war are based on false pretences.
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He tells her that their pretence of being engaged is over now.
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He teases his wife, keeping up the pretence for another minute.
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On the pretence of scouting ahead, he and his staff, rode ahead with a squadron of lancers.
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He had been accused also with the pretence of theft.
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My appearance there with a lawyer was merely to uphold the pretence of due process.
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