phrase
praviti se Englez
to feign ignorance and detachment (literally, to play the Englishman)
делать вид, что ничего не знаешь и тебя это не касается (букв. прикидываться англичанином)
With stress
prȁviti se Ènglēz
In Cyrillic
правити се Енглез
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