шарада(род загадки); бессмысленная суета; глупая возня; фарс(a situation in which people behave as though something is true or serious, when it is not really true: • The trial was just a charade -- the verdict had already been decided.); спектакль(COBUILD Collins: If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone. 'More); комедия(VLZ_58)
разговоры в пользу бедных(a situation in which people behave as though something is true or serious, when it is not really true: • Unless more money is given to schools, all this talk of improving education is just a charade.'More); формальный(напр., характер брака • Simon told Susan that his marriage was a charade, continued only for the sake of the children. – его брак был чисто формальным, сохраняемым ради детей'More); притворяться(an almost transparent pretense • I suggest you give up this little charade of yours. – Перестань притворяться.'More)
