faire mine
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (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.