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Does anyone know how to say someone is acting something? The actual sentence is "she always acts very weak and frail".

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There is not a general way of saying "someone is acting something" in French. It depends on the sentence, on the context, etc. In your sentence, you could translate as "Elle donne toujours l'impression d'être faible et fragile."

Other examples:
she just acts dumb --> elle fait l'innocente
you acted like a fool --> tu t'es conduit comme un imbécile
she's just acting like she's angry --> elle fait celle qui est en colère

As you can see, there's plenty of ways of saying it.
Thank you very much, Marc. This has been a lot of help :)

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