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impersonation noun imitation, impression, parody, caricature, takeoff (informal), mimicry She excelled at impersonations of his teachers. Translations impersonation [ɪmˌpɜːsəˈneɪʃən] N (to commit crime) → suplantación f (Theat) → imitación f he does impersonations → hace imitaciones impersonation [ɪmˌpɜːrsəˈneɪʃən] n (= mimicking) → imitation f (with intent to mislead) → usurpation f d'identité impersonation n (= passing oneself off) → Verkörperung f; his impersonation of an officer → sein Auftreten nt → als Offizier (= impression, takeoff) → Imitation f, → Nachahmung f; he does impersonations of politicians → er imitiert Politiker; his Elvis impersonation → seine Elvis-Imitation impersonation [ɪmˌpɜːsəˈneɪʃ/ən] n (gen) (Theatre) → imitazione f; (fraudulent) → usurpazione f d'identità impersonation [ɪmˌpɜːsəˈneɪʃ/ən] n (gen) (Theatre) → imitazione f; (fraudulent) → usurpazione f d'identità How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These were fervent Brahmins, the bitterest foes of Buddhism, their deities being Vishnu, the solar god, Shiva, the divine impersonation of natural forces, and Brahma, the supreme ruler of priests and legislators. unutterable wo--yes, inexorable girl, your vacillating 'yes' has rendered me the impersonation of that oppressive sentiment, of which your beauty and excellence have become the mocking reality. [77] The portraits of actors and other theatrical celebrities range from Elizabeth, from the melodramatic costumes and faces of the contemporaries of Shakespeare, to the conventional costumes, the rotund expression, of the age of the Georges, masking a power of imaginative impersonation probably unknown in Shakespeare's day. |
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