0 to behave as if something is true when it is not -- притворяться
[ + (that) ] I can't pretend that I like him.
[ + to do sth ] Were you just pretending to be interested?
She's not really hurt - she's only pretending.
Furthermore, children manifested a marked increase in pretend-play with toy objects that were replicas of real objects specifically designed to stand for other objects.
There is no point in pretending that buyer-seller relationships are ships passing in the night, always a short-term swap.
Both utterances are situated in a pretend frame.
So she hurried on, pretending she hadn't seen anything.
It does not pretend to replace more exhaustive volumes, but does provide all the information needed for many soil analyses and their interpretation.
I do not pretend to have answered all criticisms, or even to have understood every objection suggested to me.
Governments and ruling parties which pretended to be warm and friendly turned out to be ruthless and destructive.
If it is optimal to pretend to be tough, the agent will do all the pretending necessary.
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假裝,偽稱, (遊戲中)裝扮, 想像的,不真實的…
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假装,伪称, (游戏中)装扮, 想象的,不真实的…
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fingir, simular, hacer como si…
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fingir, simular…
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~のふりをする, ~を装う…
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numara yapmak, gibi görünmek, ...mış/miş gibi görünmek…
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prétendre, feindre, faire semblant…
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