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Übersetzungen für „pretence“ im Englisch » Slowenisch-Wörterbuch (Springe zu Slowenisch » Englisch)

pre·tence [prɪˈten(t)s] SUBST no Pl

1. pretence (false behaviour, insincerity):

pretence
under the pretence of friendship
to keep up a pretence of sth

2. pretence (story, excuse):

pretence
under the pretence of doing sth

3. pretence (claim):

4. pretence (imagination):

pretence
pretence

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He tells her that their pretence of being engaged is over now.
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He was imprisoned for seven months in 1994, after being convicted of false pretence regarding travel expenses.
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In 1913, he was struck off indefinitely and sentenced to three years' imprisonment for obtaining money by false pretences.
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The vault is penetrated under the pretence of construction work and the gold bullion transported via dump trucks to a location outside the city.
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He teases his wife, keeping up the pretence for another minute.
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The property, too, must have been actually obtained by the false pretence.
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But, if this is so, why should we have this sham and pretence?
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He had been accused also with the pretence of theft.
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Having received her precious jewelry on false pretences, he disappears without a trace.
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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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