italienska-engelska översättning av mantenere le apparenze

keep up appearancesDuring the announcement of candidacies there was not even an attempt to keep up appearances. Durante l'annuncio delle candidature non vi è stato nemmeno un tentativo di mantenere le apparenze. It was important to keep up appearances and not give European citizens the impression that the structures of a federal state were being put in place. Era importante mantenere le apparenze e non dare ai cittadini europei l'impressione che si stessero per mettere in atto le strutture dello Stato federale. For my fathers sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.

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