"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

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(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

3. politely pretend = uprzejmie udaj politely pretend

Suneep, who'd been politely pretending not to listen in, nodded involuntarily.
The steward politely pretended not to notice.
Bradshaw, noticing his discomfort, had politely pretended not to.
She looked away while he probed in his change purse, then they politely pretended to recognize each other.
Karal and Ulrich politely pretended that they had not understood him.
Miles stared off through the pillars, politely pretending not to have heard or noticed this interplay.
Armed guards moved slowly through the courtiers to surround Owen, who politely pretended not to notice.
The cop, Wills, was a short distance away, politely pretending not to hear us.
Excruciating at the best of times, but with Ken the celebrity, do we politely pretend not to see him?

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