Charade - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Take action; do something.

Примеры использования:

They urged washington to act

noun

A thing done; a deed.

Примеры использования:

A criminal act

abbreviation

Advance corporation tax.

noun

The principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Примеры использования:

The house has a half-timbered facade

noun

The front of a building

Примеры использования:

The façade is made of limestone., behind her façade of gentleness was a tough competitor.

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Примеры использования:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Примеры использования:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Примеры использования:

She faked her spouse's signature

noun

A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

Примеры использования:

He toured the backwoods in second-rate farces

noun

A humorous play in which the characters become involved in unlikely situations, or the humor in this type of play

Примеры использования:

The meeting turned out to be a farce since no one had prepared anything.

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Примеры использования:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Примеры использования:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Примеры использования:

The flats which fronted crow road

noun

A false show or pretence.

Примеры использования:

I doubt he could have kept up the masquerade for long

verb

Pretend to be someone one is not.

Примеры использования:

A journalist masquerading as a man in distress

noun

A party or dance in which people wear masks (= coverings for the face)

Примеры использования:

There were dozens of masquerade balls, parades, street dances, and fancy dress parties., i’m afraid…

noun

Teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing.

Примеры использования:

Stung by her mockery, frankie hung his head

noun

Unkind, critical remarks or actions, or something so foolish that it can be easily criticized

Примеры использования:

The renewed fighting made a mockery of the peace agreement (= made it look ridiculous).

noun

A theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around christmas.

Примеры использования:

A pantomime villain

verb

Express or represent by exaggerated mime.

Примеры использования:

They pantomimed picking up dropped food

noun

The art or act of expressing thoughts and emotions with movement rather than speech; mime

noun

An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Примеры использования:

The film is a parody of the horror genre

verb

Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).

Примеры использования:

His speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction

noun

A piece of writing or music that copies the style of a serious piece in a way that is intentionally humorous

Примеры использования:

[ c ] brando did a parody of the character he played in "the godfather.", downey started the show b…

noun

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

Примеры использования:

His anger is masked by a pretence that all is well

noun

A way of behaving that is intended to deceive people

Примеры использования:

She made absolutely no pretence of being interested., they kept up (= continued) a pretence of norm…

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Примеры использования:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Примеры использования:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

verb

Allow or cause (something) to be visible.

Примеры использования:

A white blouse will show the blood

noun

A spectacle or display, typically an impressive one.

Примеры использования:

Spectacular shows of bluebells

verb

Make visible or noticeable

noun

An image or representation of someone or something.

Примеры использования:

A small-scale simulacrum of a skyscraper

noun

Something that looks like or represents something else

noun

A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

Примеры использования:

The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice

verb

Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way.

Примеры использования:

Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays

noun

Something that completely fails to do what it is intended or expected to do, and therefore seems ridiculous

Примеры использования:

The police chief called the judge’s ruling a travesty of justice.