Usage examples of "semblant" in French with translation to English

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Fais semblant d'être moi. Pretend you're me.
Il fait semblant de tout savoir. He pretends to know everything.
Faisons semblant d'être des extraterrestres. Let's pretend we are aliens.
Fais semblant que tu es moi. Pretend you're me.
Il faisait semblant d'être un idiot. He pretended to be a stupid man.
Elle faisait semblant de ne pas m'entendre. She pretended not to hear me.
Il fit semblant de ne pas me connaître. He pretended not to know me.
Il fit semblant de ne pas m'entendre. He pretended not to hear me.
Arrêtez de faire semblant de ne pas comprendre. Stop pretending to not understand.
Arrête de faire semblant de ne pas comprendre. Stop pretending to not understand.
Il a fait semblant de ne pas me connaître. He pretended not to know me.
Il fait semblant d'être enthousiaste lorsque son patron est dans le coin. He pretends to be enthusiastic when his boss is around.
J'essayais de faire semblant d'être quelque chose que je n'étais pas. I tried to pretend I was something I wasn't.
Ce n'est pas la peine de faire semblant de me faire croire que je crois des choses que tu ne crois pas ! It's no use pretending to make me believe that I believe things you don't believe!
Mon chien fait souvent semblant de dormir. My dog often pretends to be asleep.
Je ferai semblant de coopérer. I'll play along.
Faisons semblant d'être des ninjas. Let's make believe we are ninja.
Il a fait semblant d'être malade. He acted as if he were ill.
Cet étudiant fait parfois semblant d'être malade. That student sometimes affect illness.
Je ne parle qu'un semblant de japonais. I only speak a smattering of Japanese.
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