"pretend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pretend verbo

pretend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 11
pretend interest • pretend ignorance • pretend surprise • pretend indifference • pretend innocence • ...
(3) indifference, nonchalance
Kolokacji: 2
1. pretend indifference = obojętność na niby pretend indifference
2. pretend nonchalance = nonszalancja na niby pretend nonchalance
  • Tombstone watched the pilot for a moment, trying to decide if he genuinely didn't care about the botched security arrangements or was pretending nonchalance to mask embarrassment.
  • I sensed she was still frightened, since for once she made no effort to pretend nonchalance or to hide her happiness to see me.
  • We didn't try to pretend nonchalance this time.
  • She pretended nonchalance but she listened eagerly.
  • While the Lord of Thrasey pretended nonchalance, the king feigned reasoned coolness.
  • He pretended nonchalance as the old man drew closer.
  • So he had sat for a moment after they stopped, gathering himself, pretending nonchalance and trying not to shake.
  • No one knows more than Winfield that times have changed, too drastically to even pretend nonchalance.
  • Chrysalis asked the question coolly, pretending nonchalance.
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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