All 3 Uses of
pretense
in
The Chocolate War
- Every morning he dreaded the roll call, the necessity of facing Brother Leon, saying No and watching Leon's reaction—how the teacher tried to pass off Jerry's rebellion as if it didn't matter, putting on a pathetic pretense of indifference but a pretense that was so transparent, so phony.†
Chpt 18
- Every morning he dreaded the roll call, the necessity of facing Brother Leon, saying No and watching Leon's reaction—how the teacher tried to pass off Jerry's rebellion as if it didn't matter, putting on a pathetic pretense of indifference but a pretense that was so transparent, so phony.†
Chpt 18
- And yet he felt guilty, knowing that he was accepting the kid's admiration under false pretenses, that he wasn't cool at all, not at all.†
Chpt 19 *
Definition:
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(pretense) a false appearance or action to help one pretendeditor's notes: This is sometimes seen in the expression "false pretense" or "false pretenses" which is just emphasizing that behavior or actions do not reflect the true situation.