"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 • ...
1. try to pretend = spróbuj udać try to pretend
3. go to pretend = idź do udawać go to pretend
4. keep pretending = kontynuuj udawanie keep pretending
5. quit pretending = rzuć udawanie quit pretending
  • It would help if you quit pretending she's your witch, he thought glumly.
  • Maybe if you quit pretending you'd be able to enjoy her for herself and not as a stand-in.
  • The members of the company were up and moving about almost instantly, grateful for any excuse to quit pretending that sleep might somehow come.
  • She'd been after him for weeks to quit pretending it had been a breezy transition.
  • She had quit pretending to eat and leaned forward, intent on hearing what he had to say.
  • According to Hunter, they had about ten minutes before the local authorities would have to quit pretending they didn't know anything and take action.
  • After a while I quit pretending to look at my card.
  • Perhaps you should quit pretending to speak definitively about the subject.
  • The time has come for the others to quit pretending that inspections alone are the solution.
  • First, however, it must quit pretending that nothing is wrong.
6. start pretending = zacznij udawać start pretending
(2) like, want, bother
Kolokacji: 3
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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