Sentence examples of "feindre" in French with translation "pretend"

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Translations: all8 pretend4 fake2 feign2
Il n'y a aucun intérêt à feindre la maladie. There is no point in pretending to be sick.
Il feint l'enthousiasme quand son patron est dans les environs. He pretends to be enthusiastic when his boss is around.
Il a feint l'ignorance, ce qui m'a mise encore plus en colère. He pretended ignorance, which made me still more angry.
Chacun sait à un niveau ou un autre, ce que sont le bien et le mal ; certains feignent de l'ignorer. Everyone knows on one level or another what is right and what is wrong; some pretend they don't.
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