Sentence examples of "pretend" in English

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Translations: all17 fingere16 pretendere1

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Please pretend we never said this. Per favore, fai finta che non l'abbiamo mai detto.

I don't pretend to love him. Non pretendo di amarlo.

Let's pretend that we are soldiers. Fingiamo di essere soldati.

I don't pretend to understand women. Non fingo di capire le donne.

I tried to pretend I was something I wasn't. Ho provato a fingere di essere qualcosa che non ero.

If you should meet a bear, pretend to be dead. Se dovessi incontrare un orso, fa' finta d'essere morto.

Tom pretended not to care. Tom ha finto di non interessarsi.

He pretended not to hear me. Finse di non sentirmi.

Tom pretended he had a gun. Tom ha finto di avere una pistola.

She pretended to be a student. Ha finto di essere una studentessa.

Tom pretended he didn't care. Tom ha finto di non interessarsi.

Tom pretended not to know the answer. Tom fece finta di non sapere la risposta.

Tom pretended that he didn't care. Tom ha finto di non interessarsi.

Tom pretended not to know anything about the situation. Tom fece finta di non sapere niente della situazione.

He pretended ignorance, which made me still more angry. Fece finta di non sapere niente, il che mi fece arrabbiare ancora di più.

Tom hates it when Mary pretends to understand sports. Tom odia quando Mary finge di capire gli sport.

While I was coming home I saw him, but he pretended that he hadn't seen me. Mentre ritornavo a casa lo rividi, ma lui fece finta di non avermi vista.

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