Giả vờ, giả bộ, giả cách; làm ra vẻ

to pretend illness

giả cách ốm, làm ra vẻ ốm

to pretend that one is asleep; to pretend to be asleep

làm ra vẻ đang ngủ

Lấy cớ, phịa ra, ngụy tạo

to pretend that...

lấy cớ là...

Có tham vọng, có kỳ vọng, có ý muốn; có ý dám (làm gì...)

Đòi hỏi, yêu sách (làm) cái gì

Giả vờ, giả đò, giả bộ, giả cách

he is only pretending

hắn ta chỉ giả vờ, hắn ta chỉ làm ra vẻ thế thôi

( + to) đòi hỏi, yêu sách, yêu cầu, xin; cầu

to pretend go to a right

đòi quyền lợi

to pretend to someone's hand

cầu hôn ai

( + to) tự phụ, làm ra bộ có, lên mặt ta đây

to pretend to elegance

lên mặt là thanh lịch

Feign, profess, represent, allege, make believe, make out:Let's pretend that we are royalty. Often, he pretends to be me.2 try, attempt, endeavour, venture, presume, undertake: I couldnot pretend to guess the number of people attending last night'smeeting. 3 make believe, act or play, play-act, fake, feign, puton an act, dissemble, sham, sail under false colours: Is sheserious about wanting you to leave or was she just pretending?

V.

Tr. claim or assert falsely so as to deceive(pretend knowledge; pretended that they were foreigners).

Tr.imagine to oneself in play (pretended to be monsters; pretendedit was night).

Tr. a profess, esp. falsely or extravagantly(does not pretend to be a scholar). b (as pretended adj.)falsely claim to be such (a pretended friend).

Intr. (foll.by to) a lay claim to (a right or title etc.). b profess tohave (a quality etc.).

Adj. colloq. pretended; in pretence(pretend money). [ME f. F pr‚tendre or f. L (as PRAE-, tenderetent-, later tens- stretch)]