"pretend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pretend verbo

pretend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 11
pretend interest • pretend ignorance • pretend surprise • pretend indifference • pretend innocence • ...
1. pretend ignorance = niewiedza na niby pretend ignorance
2. pretend surprise = niespodzianka na niby pretend surprise
3. pretend shock = wstrząs na niby pretend shock
4. pretend disinterest = bezinteresowność na niby pretend disinterest
  • I could have pretended disinterest if Greg hadn't been in a position to check for himself, but he was and he did, so I couldn't.
  • Lifting her mug, she pretended disinterest, as if she were there for a cup of coffee and nothing else.
  • She pretended total disinterest in Plrgtgl's reaction to the request and quickly moved to another topic, adding body language to augment the praise of her words.
  • Madge pretended disinterest, as if kissing her husband for an hour from a booth in the park were no more fascinating than any other wifely task.
  • Her voice was a deep, teasing purr as she looked him up and down, pretending disinterest.
  • Though she pretended disinterest, Ali studied her mother from under her lashes.
  • Though pretending disinterest, Claudel was also listening.
  • The girl pretended disinterest, half-turning from the two young men.
  • Sometimes a nymph teased a faun, pretending disinterest, then leaping into pursuit the moment he turned his back.
  • Her hand leapt toward it, then fell back languidly, pretending disinterest.
5. pretend reluctance = niechęć na niby pretend reluctance
6. pretend dismay = konsternacja na niby pretend dismay
(3) indifference, nonchalance
Kolokacji: 2
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

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