"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
  • We were still trying to pretend that nothing had gone wrong.
  • He was not one to try to pretend that bad news wasn't the truth.
  • Run away, change my name, and try to pretend the whole thing never happened,I thought.
  • She tried to pretend that he was in fact a man.
  • I do believe he's trying to pretend he hasn't seen us.
  • At least it was a change from trying to pretend they didn't see each other.
  • She tried to pretend that the whole thing had not happened.
  • Well, so much the better, she need not try to pretend.
  • I asked her what they try to pretend to be.
  • Again, try to pretend you haven't seen the story before.
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
(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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