pretend

1. (intransitive)To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.

   You don't have to pretend that the soup tastes fine.

   You don't have to pretend to like the soup.

   so tun, als ob

   де́лать видdélatʹ vid, сде́лать видsdélatʹ vid, притворя́тьсяpritvorjátʹsja

   удава́тиudaváty, вдава́тиvdaváty

2. To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.

   (intransitive)To engage in make-believe.

   She moved her fingers across the desk, pretending to play the piano.

   She didn't have a real piano to play, so she just pretended.

   make believe with the intent to deceive

3. (intransitive, transitive)To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).

   She's pretending illness to get out of the business meeting.

   He pretended an air of indifference that he'd never assumed before.

   vortäuschen

   state insincerely

4. (formal, intransitive)To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).

   The family's exile was intended to stop them pretending to the throne.

   претендоватьpretendovatʹ

5. (obsolete, transitive)To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

6. (obsolete, transitive)To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

7. (obsolete, transitive)To hold before one; to extend.

1. Tom can't even pretend to like Mary.

   Том не може навіть зробити вигляд, що йому подобається Мері.

   ruТом не может даже прикинуться, что Мэри ему нравится.

   deTom kann nicht einmal so tun, als möge er Mary.

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2. I used to pretend I was Tom.

   Я колись удавав із себе Тома.

   deIch hatte die Angewohnheit, so zu tun, als ob ich Tom wäre.

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3. Tom and Mary pretend to be married.

   Том та Мері роблять вигляд, що одружені.

   deTom und Maria tun so, als wären sie verheiratet.

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4. I'm going to pretend you didn't say that.

   Я зроблю вигляд, що ти цього не казав.

   ruЯ сделаю вид, что ты этого не говорил.

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5. Tom wanted Mary to pretend to be his girlfriend.

   Том хотів, щоб Мері удавала, що вона його дівчина.

   ruТом хотел, чтобы Мэри прикинулась его подружкой.

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