faire mine

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁ min/
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Verb

faire mine

  1. (idiomatic) to pretend
    Synonyms: affecter de, faire semblant de, feindre de
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      Durant tout le trajet, j'ai fait mine de dormir pour éviter de croiser son regard.
      During the journey, I pretended to be asleep so as to avoid catching his eye.

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