pretend
pri'tendverb
B11,396th most heard wordIn 97 of 2278 videos (4%)heard 154 timeslast on Oct 17, 2026
- v. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
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- 8:32And it was all sort of half an hour of sort of trying to pretend that I knew what she was talking about.然后大约半小时都在试图假装我知道她在说什么。Awful Auditions & Catastrophic Casting Stories On The Graham Norton Show
- 3:10So we got all these rappers in it, and they're all doing boxing, all pretending to be boxing.里面有很多说唱歌手，他们都在打拳击，都在假装打拳击。Alan Cumming Thinks He Can Beat Drake in Boxing, Talks Avengers: Doomsday & The Traitors: New Blood
- 18:34Okay, she's kind of pretending.好吧，她是在装模作样。Learn English with a Book | The Great Gatsby | Deep Work Session | Part 2
- 30:05And finally, he could stop pretending to be a millionaire.最后，他终于可以不用再假装是百万富翁了。Learn English with Podcast | English Story for Listening Practice | Mark Twain | EASY English
- 8:07They do, but asking clearly is much better than pretending.确实会，但清晰地询问比假装听懂要好得多。300 Essential English Phrases for Daily Conversations | English Speaking Practice
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- Forms you'll hear
- pretendingpretended
- Often heard with
- pretend to63×to pretend18×pretend that16×just pretend9×pretend you8×
Related words
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saysein. the chance to speakcastkɑ:st. kæstn. the actors in a playactor'æktәn. a theatrical performercommercialkә'mә:ʃәln. a commercially sponsored ad on radio or televisiongogoun. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)international.intә'næʃәnәln. any of several international socialist organizations
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