feign
suomi-englanti sanakirjafeign englannista suomeksi
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feign englanniksi
To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
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{{quote-text|en|year=1559|author=William Shakespeare|title=As You Like It|section=III.iii.18-21
(RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair)
1511'', King James Translators, Nehemiah 5:8:
- Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
(quote-journal) was beaten far too easily for (w)'s goal, although the striker deserves the credit for the way he controlled (w)'s right-wing delivery, with his back to goal, feigned to his left then went the other way and pinged a splendid left-foot shot into (w)'s bottom right-hand corner.