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притворяться vstresses
gen. feign; make believe; assume; dissemble; masquerade; sham (чем-л.); simulate; counterfeit; dissimulate; profess; play-act; act a part; assume a mask; make a pretence; make a pretense; play a part; put on a mask; wear a mask; pass the bottle of smoke; put assume a mask; act out; fake; mock; sail under false colours (Anglophile); make out (Ramzai); play act; gammon; make a feint of; make as though; set up; leave a little ajar; fig; mimic; play; posturize; play pretend (ZakharovStepan); affect; put wear a mask; put on; be ajar; shut; keep up the facade (VLZ_58); belie; boggle; mask; mump; personate; pretend (with instr., to be); seem; be closed; be shut; keep up the pretence (The two-year work ban imposed on Rökk at the end of the second world war as punishment for the close relationship she had with the inner circle of the Nazi leadership may have helped her keep up the pretence. (theguardian.com) ART Vancouver)
Gruzovik be left a little ajar (impf of притвориться); pretend to be; shut (impf of притвориться); be ajar (impf of притвориться); close (impf of притвориться)
Игорь Миг play a double game (конт.)
adv. show a false face
amer., inf. put on a show
context. charade (an almost transparent pretense: I suggest you give up this little charade of yours. – Перестань притворяться. 'More)
disappr. act
fish.farm. pretend to be (dimock)
idiom. bury head in the sand (To (try to) avoid a particular situation by pretending that it doesn’t exist. Stop burying your head in the sand. You haven’t been happy with him for years, why are you staying together? VLZ_58)
inf. let on; put on an act; make as if (alia20); play the ... of oneself (кем-то); pose oneself as, put on the airs of a ... (кем-то); set oneself as (кем-то MichaelBurov); set oneself up as (кем-то MichaelBurov); pass oneself off as (кем-то MichaelBurov); pretend to be (кем-то MichaelBurov); put it on
Makarov. play the fox; fig out; masquerade as; play-act (обыкн. о детях); play at; play the hypocrite; motion + inf
Makarov., disappr. act as
obs. belye; countenance
scottish make fashion
slang boogerboo; fish; make like; bluffing (Ksysenka); tripping (Ksysenka); milk it (VLZ_58); pass; put on (It's not hurt! He is putting on! == Ему не больно! Он прикидывается!; "Put on a smile!" == "Улыбайся!" - говорит сквозь зубы Ле Пешен хмурому Холдуину, когда они заходят в кабинет босса.)
притворять v
gen. close; leave ajar; leave a little ajar; set ajar; shut
Gruzovik shut (impf of притворить); set ajar (impf of притворить); leave a little ajar (impf of притворить); close
притворяться: 155 phrases in 19 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
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