'Mrs. Bounderby, ' he returned, laughing, 'upon my honour, no. I will make no such pretence to you.

'太太。庞得贝，”他笑着回答，“老实说，不。我不会对你做这样的伪装。

The other scale had now become too heavy, which gave this upright judge a pretence to help himself to a mouthful from the second slice.

现在天平的另一端变得太重了，正好给这位正直的法官一个借口，让它咬了第二片奶酪一大口。

Bands of young men, like the marauders in the great strike of whom I told you just now, armed themselves and drilled, and began on any opportunity or pretence to skirmish with the people in the streets.

成群结队的年轻人，就像我刚才告诉你的大罢工中的掠夺者一样，武装起来并进行训练，并开始利用任何机会或假装与街上的人们发生小规模冲突。

Now, I make no pretence to be more moral than my neighbours, and I will admit to you that I could not live under the same roof with such a woman and in daily contact with her without feeling a passionate regard for her.

现在，我并没有假装比我的邻居更有道德，我要向你承认，我不能和这样一个女人住在同一个屋檐下，每天与她接触，却不感到热情的尊重。