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Christmas is supposed to be a time of goodwill to all, so a family who are together for the holiday may pretend that they all get on well together even though there are underlying tensions between...

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What does "pretense" mean in the sentence "arguments and friction mock our...

I saw this example in Oxford dictionary:At Christmas, arguments and friction mock our pretense at peace."I don't know exactly how to interpret this sentence meaningfully. Specifically, I don't know...

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