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'under the mask'


1. What is the exact usage and meaning of 'under the mask' should it be always precede a noun?

[like under the mask of friendship] does it only mean 'to pretend/hiding'

can it be used as 'I feel, my true friendship/love for you was under the mask for sometime' [here I did not mean to ditch a friend or to show that my friendship was just an act, but was blinded /covered/could not be seen etc]

Im sorry Im not able to put in words exatly what I mean..

pls can anyone give me some examples/usage of 'underthe mask' so that I can be clear about its meaning..

2. freehand - it means to get a freedom to do whatever one wish..

give some usages of 'allowed me a freehand'
  

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dec09 [like under the mask of friendship] does it only mean 'to pretend/hiding' Right. Someone was pretending to be friends in order to achieve some other goal. dec09 should it be always precede a noun?

— Mr Wordy

  • dec09 [like under the mask of friendship] does it only mean 'to pretend/hiding' Right.
  • Someone was pretending to be friends in order to achieve some other goal.
  • dec09 should it be always precede a noun?
  • If you mean is the form always "under the mask of <noun>", then not necessarily.
  • For example, "But under the mask he needed her love" (an example I chose randomly from Google Book Search).
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dec09[like under the mask of friendship] does it only mean 'to pretend/hiding'
Right. Someone was pretending to be friends in order to achieve some other goal.
dec09should it be always precede a noun?
If you mean is the form always "under the mask of <noun>", then not necessarily. For example,

"But under the
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