make-believe

make-believe
1. noun

it's only make-believe — das ist bloß Fantasie

2. adjective
nicht echt

a make-believe world/story — eine Scheinwelt/Fantasiegeschichte

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noun (the act or art of pretending and imagining: a world of make-believe; (also adjective) a make-believe world.) die Heuchelei; Schein-...
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ˈmake-be·lieve
I. n no pl Fantasie f, Illusion f
this ideal is just \make-believe dieses Ideal ist nur Fantasie
a world of \make-believe eine Fantasiewelt
II. adj inv Fantasie-, imaginär
a \make-believe world eine Fantasiewelt
III. vi
<made-, made->
to \make-believe [that] ... sich dat vorstellen, dass ...
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['meIkbɪliːv]
1. adj attr
Fantasie-, Phantasie-, imaginär

a make-believe world — eine Fantasie- or Phantasie- or Scheinwelt

2. n
Fantasie f, Phantasie f

a world of make-believe — eine Fantasie- or Phantasie- or Scheinwelt

don't be afraid, it's only make-believe — hab keine Angst, das ist doch nur eine Geschichte

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make-believe
A s
1. a) So-Tun-als-ob n
b) Verstellung f
c) Heuchelei f
2. Vorwand m
3. (falscher) (An)Schein, Spiegelfechterei f
4. a) Heuchler(in)
b) fig Schauspieler(in)
B adj
1. angenommen, eingebildet, nur in der Fantasie existierend:
make-believe world Schein-, Fantasiewelt f
2. falsch:
a) scheinbar, unecht
b) geheuchelt, unaufrichtig
c) vor-, angeblich
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1. noun

it's only make-believe — das ist bloß Fantasie

2. adjective
nicht echt

a make-believe world/story — eine Scheinwelt/Fantasiegeschichte


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