pretended in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.pretend [Brit prɪˈtɛnd, Am prəˈtɛnd] ADJ

II.pretend [Brit prɪˈtɛnd, Am prəˈtɛnd] VB trans

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III.pretend [Brit prɪˈtɛnd, Am prəˈtɛnd] VB intr

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he doesn't pretend to know all the answers
il ne prétend pas avoir réponse à tout

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feindre de faire/d'être
to pretend to do/to be
feindre une panne MOTOR
to pretend to have broken down
feindre
to pretend
faire semblant de croire à qc/d'être triste
to pretend to believe sth/to be sad
faire semblant que …
to pretend that …
jouer à faire semblant
to play ‘let's pretend’
simuler la douleur
to pretend to be in pain
affecter de faire
to pretend to do
on va faire comme si …
we're going to pretend that …
il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas
he pretended (that) he hadn't seen me
‘je ne trouve pas ça joli’—‘fais comme si’
‘I don't think it's pretty’—‘just pretend you do’
faire le coup de la panne
to pretend to break down (so as to make advances to sb)
se piquer de philosophie
to like to pretend one is a philosopher
se piquer de peindre
to like to pretend that one is a painter
se piquer d'écrire
to like to pretend that one is a writer
faire mine d'accepter/de ne pas comprendre
to pretend to accept/not to understand

pretended in the PONS Dictionary

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pretended Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pretend that one is asleep
faire semblant de dormir
to pretend to +infin
faire semblant de +infin
to pretend to be sb
se faire passer pour qn
to pretend to sth
prétendre à qc
to pretend to +infin
prétendre +infin
I don't pretend to be an expert
je ne prétends pas être un expert
he pretended not to see me
il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas
to pretend to take no notice
faire semblant de rien inf
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Guo pretended to agree, but did not actually do so.
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The doctor pretended to be a sewing machine salesman.
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Under this form, fraudsters (pretended males or females) build online relationships, and after some time, they ask for money from the victims.
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Before she can act, he leaps from his wheelchair - having only pretended to be disabled - and attacks her.
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But the first occasion happened very early in the series when his friends pretended to have forgotten his birthday.
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She pretended to like them to help gain the role.
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He never sold the goods back, explicitly, nor ever pretended that they were not stolen.
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Having first pretended to be psychic, the pair spent over a year conning the camp's commandant.
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He prepared an ambush and set fire to his own camp and pretended to retreat.
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He then pretended to be dead and managed to escape the following morning.
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