"pretend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pretend verbo

pretend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 11
pretend interest • pretend ignorance • pretend surprise • pretend indifference • pretend innocence • ...
verbo + pretend
Kolokacji: 9
try to pretend • stop pretending • like to pretend • want to pretend • go to pretend • ...
pretend + preposición
Kolokacji: 5
pretend to • pretend for • pretend in • pretend with • pretend at
pretend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 5
merely pretend • simply pretend • hardly pretend • politely pretend • initially pretend
(1) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(2) hardly, politely, initially
Kolokacji: 3
1. hardly pretend = ledwie udaj hardly pretend
2. initially pretend = początkowo udaj initially pretend
  • These Sephardic Jews, who initially pretended to be persecuted Catholics, first came to Hamburg at the end of the 16th century.
  • Altieri then proceeds to execute his scam by initially pretending to be a poker novice.
  • Murray falls in love with the mysterious stranger, Barbara Douglas, who initially pretends to admire him despite his crude manners.
  • "To Sleep With Anger" initially pretends to be commonplace, but that is an illusion.
  • Batista initially pretended that he would sign with SmackDown!
  • Deimos initially pretended to be a sorcerer, but his power actually came from access to New Atlantean technology.
  • Beck initially pretends sympathy and friendliness so he can solicit Jastrow in broadcasting Axis propaganda.
  • She initially pretends not to know him, but Eddie quickly tries to take her with him.
  • When she reappears, he initially pretends to be a member of the Count of Lerma's delegation.
  • Murong Bao initially pretended to believe him, and then tried to have him assassinated but failed.
3. politely pretend = uprzejmie udaj politely pretend

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