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Значение идиомы put on an act
[put on an act] {v. phr.} 1. To perform a play.
The seventhgrade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents.
2. Topretend.
“If you always put on an act,” her father said, “peoplewill never know who you really are.”





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