pretend

She's not really hurt - she's only pretending.

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pretendShe pretended not to know about the surprise.
make believeHe's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce.
play at somethingUK The children are playing at cops and robbers.
role-playDuring class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping.
fakeShe's only faking being ill.
feignThe police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance.

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imaginaryOur daughter had an imaginary friend when she was six.
made-upThe comedian started with some obviously made-up stories about hanging out with the Queen.
make-believeSome politicians seem to live in a make-believe world where everything revolves around their interests.
non-existentThese accounts are used to sell fake or non-existent goods.
fantasticHer books were filled with magicians and fantastic creatures.

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Các ví dụ của pretend

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Furthermore, children manifested a marked increase in pretend-play with toy objects that were replicas of real objects specifically designed to stand for other objects.

There is no point in pretending that buyer-seller relationships are ships passing in the night, always a short-term swap.

Both utterances are situated in a pretend frame.

So she hurried on, pretending she hadn't seen anything.

It does not pretend to replace more exhaustive volumes, but does provide all the information needed for many soil analyses and their interpretation.

I do not pretend to have answered all criticisms, or even to have understood every objection suggested to me.

Governments and ruling parties which pretended to be warm and friendly turned out to be ruthless and destructive.

If it is optimal to pretend to be tough, the agent will do all the pretending necessary.

The real-life disciplinary episode occurred two days before the pretend play episode.

You could never pretend to be the new kid on the block, never have that excuse or opportunity.

Infants with autism : an investigation of empathy, pretend play, joint attention, and imitation.

These metaphysical remnants, however, neither express nor pretend to offer any metaphysical claims apart from the normative context.

Otherwise, we forever run the risk of remaining detached and of pretending that we can occupy a position entirely outside ideological discourse.

This is, however, not an excuse for being careless about facts and for acting politically while pretending objectivity.

Nobody is pretending from this latter perspective that the fossil record is perfect, but it is argued it is good enough to derive a history.

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