"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
(1) to, for, in, with, at
Kolokacji: 5
1. pretend to = pretenduj pretend to
2. pretend for = udawać dla pretend for
3. pretend in = udawać w pretend in
4. pretend with = udawać z pretend with
5. pretend at = udawać przy pretend at
  • Her passion frightened him; he did not want to pretend at love.
  • She pretended to glare at him, but her face wouldn't stay straight.
  • It was useless to try to pretend nothing at all had happened in the Grove the night before.
  • There are only the three of us present, and as you have pointed out we know each other well enough not to pretend at things.
  • Are you a careless little fat boy sent up here to pretend at arms?
  • Even so, he didn't like pretending at things he knew weren't true.
  • If you don't pretend at vanity, the men feel dissatisfied.
  • I held on to a small block of wood and pretended to saw at it.
  • Knowing that made her feel subordinate, like a little girl pretending at a job of great importance.
  • I pretended to glare at her; she grinned, of course.
pretend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 5
merely pretend • simply pretend • hardly pretend • politely pretend • initially pretend

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