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play-act

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play-act (plkt)
intr.v. play-act·ed, play-act·ing, play-acts
1. To play a role in a dramatic performance.
2. To play a pretended role; make believe.
3. To behave in an overdramatic or artificial manner.
play-act
vb
1. (intr) to pretend or make believe
2. (intr) to behave in an overdramatic or affected manner
3. (Performing Arts / Theatre) to act in or as in (a play)
play-acting  n
play-actor  n
Translations
play-act [ˈpleɪækt] VI (lit) → hacer teatro, actuar (fig) (= pretend) → hacer teatro


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For hard it was on Michael, a nerve and mental strain of the severest for him so to control himself as to play-act anger and threat of hurt to his beloved Steward.
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