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imitation English

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imitation

An imitation of something is a copy of it.

imitation

the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations something copied or derived from an original copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else (= fake, false, faux, simulated) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur faux pearls false teeth decorated with imitation palm leaves a purse of simulated alligator hide (= caricature) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

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Simple sentences

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
It is merely an imitation pearl.
Compare this genuine jewel with that imitation.
He compared the imitation with the original.
That's an imitation.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
What is the difference between imitation and real diamonds?
It's incredible that you could write such a well-designed program after just picking up programming by imitation.
Tom tried to pass off an imitation for the original.
That's imitation leather.

Movie subtitles

So to calm people down the government will show you as his imitation.
An imitation.
So the King is the expensive salami and I'm his cheap imitation.
Imitation.
Imitation, please.
An imitation!
My imitation.
I don't know about you, but I'm going to give a good imitation of it.
Yes, the imitation I bought in Vienna.
You certainly gave a good imitation of it, up to this morning.
It's imitation leather, the glue's no good in two weeks it will fall apart, and all you'll have is Ochi Tchornya.
You don't have to tell me that it's imitation leather.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
That imitation was wonderful. Got a million.
This is a rank imitation.
It's obvious that it's a rank imitation.
I suppose theyre imitation also.
It's imitation!
Liondora. That cheap imitation of the great Schnarzan.
You gave a good imitation of it.
An imitation one at that.
Those cabinets, obviously imitation and yet there priced as if they were authentic.
Imitation of course.
You should see his imitation of Maruice Chevalier only he hasn't got any connections, so I've got to help him.
I'm going to give a good imitation of it.
Do your imitation of Barbara.
You sold me a lot of imitation scrolls and cheap chinaware.
You don't have to tell me that it's imitation leather. I know that.
In this case, an imitation crystal ball.
No, you cheap imitation Napoleon.
Then I'm certainly giving a good imitation of one.
Is imitation jewellery!
This is imitation? Really?
You know as well as I do this necklace is imitation.
Imitation leather- ever heard of it?

News and current affairs

Surely, imitation will someday impinge on superior US growth performance as well.
It is tempting for Europeans to project their own history onto Asia and to view current developments there as a mere repetition, if not an imitation, of what occurred in Europe.
Could it be that despite all the gripes about the American model, a little imitation of the American success story is now underway in Europe?
Sometimes, Russian imitation produces works of genius.
Imitation, as the saying goes, is the sincerest form of flattery.
Indeed, imitation appears to be a vital key to understanding human development, from behavior and language to empathy and social skills.
Fortunately for human development, healthy children find imitation enormously gratifying.
Imitation is so essential to mastering basic social skills and transferring cultural knowledge that it is likely to have an organic basis in the brain.
As sports fans, musicians, and students of body language know, watching other people's movements and postures may facilitate the viewer's own motor schemes, sometimes resulting in unintended imitation.
Other disorders are associated with defective imitation skills.
Imitation appears to be a hallmark of tyrants in their exercise of power, so the absence of solidarity among Africa's journalists and Africa's peoples has created a dangerous vacuum.
The problem was that the imitation was imperfect.
China's move from imitation to innovation has been a matter of national policy in recent years.
Just what does all this mean for European growth and prosperity? Could it be that despite all the gripes about the American model, a little imitation of the American success story is now underway in Europe?

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