"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
  • Timothy, who had been sliding to his regular chair behind the polished game table, pretended surprise.
  • Iago returns, pretending surprise and shock at what has happened.
  • "Oh, my I" she said, pretending surprise at finding Stephens's face so close to her own.
  • She had pretended surprise, of course, and made light of it.
  • The queen and her government, of course, pretended surprise.
  • I pretended surprise to see him here and asked after you.
  • We could not pretend surprise, but Peggy ventured a faint protest.
  • I pretended surprise, widening my eyes and leaning against the wall.
  • Later, when he showed up at her door, she pretended surprise and uneasiness.
  • The lady started to pretend surprise at this refusal, then shrugged lightly and gave it up.
3. pretend shock = wstrząs na niby pretend shock
4. pretend disinterest = bezinteresowność na niby pretend 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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