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PRETENCE
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Traducere în limba română
pretence substantiv
1. pretext, subterfugiu;
under the pretences of sub pretext că; sub pretextul (cu gen.)
2. siretlic; amăgire;
by false pretences în mod frandulos; prin înşelăciune.
3. pretenţie, cerere; exigenţă;
to make no pretences (of) a nu avea pretenţie (la)
4. pretenţie, ostentaţie.
5. simulacru, simultare, prefăcătorie, mască;
to abandon the pretences a-şi scoate masca;
to make pretences of doing smth. a se preface că face ceva.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
I turned him hastily on some pretence, and held him in conversation until it was gone.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
It raises my spleen more than anything, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same time addressed in such a way as to oblige one to do the very thing, whatever it be!
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
“I wish we could contrive it,” said she; “but I cannot think of any tolerable pretence for going in;—no servant that I want to inquire about of his housekeeper—no message from my father.”
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
At last we made no more pretence of attending to the meal, which, except with Mr. Dick, had been a mere form from the first; but my aunt walked up and down the room.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
In short, we had resolved to take this course, when Dora again unsettled us by declaring that she never would forgive herself, and never would forgive her bad boy, if my aunt remained behind, on any pretence.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
If he is not—and you tell me he is not; on any pretence; it is indifferent to me what—my doors are shut against him henceforth, and yours, I take it for granted, are open to him.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Mr. Micawber, under pretence of showing me a nearer way than that by which I had come, accompanied me to the corner of the street; being anxious (he explained to me) to say a few words to an old friend, in confidence.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
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