"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
6. start pretending = zacznij udawać start pretending
  • About fifteen minutes earlier he'd started pretending that he was on Charlie's side.
  • As long as you don't start pretending to be anything else like a police officer, for instance.
  • At what point had I started pretending Bennett was somebody else?
  • And it started with adults pretending they were idiots and couldn't use a brush.
  • I wondered what she would do; start pretending all over again?
  • She wasn't part of any plan, just a girl who started pretending that her daydreams were true.
  • Some 'lookalikes' actually stop mimicking their targets and start pretending to be them.
  • Now, don't you start pretending you're surprised to hear that, Kenny.
  • "It is too late to start pretending I like him," she said.
  • Aleine always starts pretending to snore when I talk about history.
(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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