"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

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) to, for, in, with, at

Kolokacji: 5

1. pretend to = pretenduj pretend to

I had sense enough not to pretend to it, and was silent.
He kept his silence and continued to pretend to himself that these people knew what they were doing.
Were you able to pretend to yourself then that it wasn't true, and now you're not?
Let's go back in time and pretend to witness what happened.
When I was a little girl, he used to pretend to race me all the time.
He could not pretend, to himself or to them, that it had any meaning for him.
Probably because he was a doctor, David pretended to himself that the running would help to lower his blood pressure.
I pretend to him that I'm going to write a book about his life when grow up.
What is the use of pretending to powers we have not?

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

pretend + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 5

merely pretend • simply pretend • hardly pretend • politely pretend • initially pretend

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