pretense in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pretense in the English»French Dictionary

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pretense → pretence

See also pretence

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

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

See also false pretences

pretense in the PONS Dictionary

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Before she can let go of pretense, she must first deal with a psychotic husband, a loveless second marriage, and her child's crib death.
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While the events of the author's life are recounted, there is no pretense of exact truth.
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Such planets are often described with no pretense to scientific accuracy; their strange characteristics are primarily intended to amuse.
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Using the pretense of a ruptured gas line, the caller persuaded each guest to break a window and then throw the television out.
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As the forcible nature of the campaign became routine, the pretense of voluntary resettlement was dropped.
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The revamped series was stripped of pretense and made more sparse.
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A hilarious sequence of events follows as his pretense gets both him and the fishermen into comical situations.
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Most importantly, they betray an absence of pretense.
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The pretense is so blunt and sentimental that it makes the whole thing a total "clich".
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Dor reacted to the two decisions with outrage, saying that the dialogue had been exposed as nothing but a pretense.
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