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pretence
▪ I. pretence, pretense, n. (prɪˈtɛns) [= late AF. pretensse (c 1471 in Godef.), ad. med.L. *prætensa vbl. n., f. prætens-us for class.L. prætent-us, pa. pple. of prætendĕre: see pretend. The spelling pretense is now usual in the U.S.; cf. defense.] 1. a. An assertion of a right or title; the puttin... Oxford English Dictionary
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Pretense
Pretense or pretence may refer to: pretext pretexting (social engineering) "Pretense" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1 "Pretense", a song by Knuckle Puck from their 2015 album Copacetic "Pretence", a song by Jolin Tsai from her 2006 album Dancing Diva a pretender's claim to the throne wikipedia.org
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pretence
pretence(US pretense), / prɪˈtens; prɪ`tɛns/ n1(a) [U] deception; make-believe 虚假; 虚伪; 虚饰; 假装; 做作 Their friendliness was only pretence. 他们的友谊完全是虚假的. Their way of life was all pretence. 他们的生活方式都很做作.(b) [sing] ~ of sth false show of sth 假象; 假相 a pretence of strength, grief, sleep 有力量、 伤心、 睡觉的假象.2(a) [... 牛津英汉双解词典
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The Parader
He was sired by Longstreet, the leading American racehorse of 1891 out of a mare named Pretence. He was owned by Richard T. wikipedia.org
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pretenceful
preˈtenceful, a. rare. [f. pretence n. + -ful.] Full of pretence, or of loud pretension.1841 Tait's Mag. VIII. 564 Sounding the trump ecclesiastic with pretenceful blare and fanfare. Oxford English Dictionary
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Andrew Clench
Under pretence of carrying him in a coach to see a patient, they strangled him in it, and sending away the coachman under some pretence, they left his wikipedia.org
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Tim Brannigan
The second part of the ruse involved Brannigan being kept at an orphanage for a year before his birth mother "adopted" him on the pretence that he would This pretence avoided any awkward questions about his conception and, growing up, Brannigan has stated the rest of his family genuinely believed in the wikipedia.org
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What do these two lines in Lewis Carroll's "All in the golden afternoon..." mean? The poem, a preface to _Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_ , begins as follows: > All in the golden afternoon > Full leisurely we g...
"make pretence" is a phrase meaning to pretend. If the pretence is vain, it means it was unsuccessful.
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False pretenses
The pretence must be a false pretence of some existing fact, made for the purpose of inducing the prosecutor to part with his property (e.g. it was held The property, too, must have been actually obtained by the false pretence. wikipedia.org
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Samuel Marchbanks
The metafictional pretence of there being two separate individuals spills over into the footnotes, where disagreements between Marchbanks and Davies are wikipedia.org
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Tony Puana
Puana was arrested in November 2010 and charged with 40 counts of dishonest application, false pretence and the alleged misappropriation of over PGK2.5 wikipedia.org
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1916年盗窃罪法令
第32条与虚假表述（false pretence）的罪行有关。 废除 《1916年盗窃罪法令》于1969年1月1日废除，即不再适用于该日期之后所犯的罪行。根据《1968年盗窃罪法令》第1(1)条，原有的盗窃罪（larceny）被更广泛的盗窃罪（theft）所取代。 wikipedia.org
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Inescutcheon
Inescutcheon of pretence Inescutcheons may also be used to bear another's arms in "pretence". in the centre of his own shield as a claim ("pretence") to be the new head of his wife's family, now extinct in the male line. wikipedia.org
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卡洛语
demond"), ("偷窃"), ("喜欢"), ("bed"), ("眼睛"), ("头"), ("脸"), ("鼻子"), ("嘴巴"), ("羞耻"), ("vain"), ("坏的、淘气的"), ("cheeky, soldier"), ("假的"), ("运气"), ("pretence wikipedia.org
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See of Rome Act 1536
or defend the authority, jurisdiction or power of the bishop of Rome or of his see, heretofore used, claimed or usurped within this realm... or by any pretence obstinately or maliciously invent anything for the extolling, advancement, setting forth, maintenance or defence of the same or any part thereof, or by any pretence wikipedia.org
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