SHAM — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
sham
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be.
A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
Make believe with the intent to deceive.
Приклади
- He feigned that he was ill.
- He shammed a headache.
Make a pretence of.
Приклади
- She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger.
- He feigned sleep.
Adopted in order to deceive.
Приклади
- An assumed name.
- An assumed cheerfulness.
- A fictitious address.
- Fictive sympathy.
- A pretended interest.
- A put-on childish voice.
- Sham modesty.
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