assuming
/əˈsjuːmɪŋ/ adjectif C2- haughty; arrogant
Dans la bibliothèque
The mourning in her heart forbade her assuming this simple ornament, though she had not yet had time to put on the outward semblance of woe.
“Ah, well,” exclaimed Château-Renaud, who because he had seen his thirtieth summer fancied himself duly warranted in assuming a sort of paternal air with his more youthful friend, “you young people are never satisfied; why, what would you have more?
It would be noble to see Mademoiselle Noirtier de Villefort assuming the title of Madame Franz d’Épinay.”
But the count completely baffled the procureur, and prevented him from discovering anything beneath the never-varying smile he was so constantly in the habit of assuming.
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