airs
/ɛəɹz/ sustantivo C1En español: aires, pretensiones, afectación
- Affected manners intended to impress others. · She put on airs, pretending to be more sophisticated than she was.· He walked into the room with an air of confidence, though it seemed like just airs.
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I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by playing in quick succession a whole series of my favourite airs as a slight compensation for the trial upon my patience.
Finally, Charlie Sloane fought Moody Spurgeon MacPherson, because Moody Spurgeon had said that Anne Shirley put on airs about her recitations, and Moody Spurgeon was “licked”; consequently Moody Spurgeon’s sister, Ella May, would not “speak” to Anne Shirley all the rest of the winter.
I just wish Julia Bell could see this--she puts on such airs about her mother’s parlor.”
Josie just scraped through with three marks to spare, but you’ll see she’ll put on as many airs as if she’d led.
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