to fake, pretend ☊ 
假装 → ☊ 
giả vờ 
pretend like: giả vờ → →
heucheln ☊ 
giả vờ, giả đò ☊ 
捏造 ☊ niēzào heucheln ☊ giả vờ, giả đò ☊ ☊ When she lost all her money, she was determined to keep up appearances (= hide the true situation and pretend that everything was going well). ☊ appearance ☊
cross over sth: He crossed over the road and joined me. ☊ cross ☊
I don't like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise. ☊ dishonest ☊
He is currently engaged as a consultant. ☊ engage ☊
You cannot pretend there's no evil in the world. ☊ evil ☊
I pretended not to care but I was screaming inside. ☊ inside ☊
join sb (for sth): Will you join us for lunch? ☊ join ☊
He's always playing a part (= pretending to be sth that he is not). ☊ part ☊
Tomorrow will be cold with sunny periods. ☊ period ☊
I'm tired of having to pretend all the time. ☊ pretend ☊
Of course I was wrong; it would be hypocritical to pretend otherwise. ☊ pretend ☊
pretend (to sb) (that...): He pretended to his family that everything was fine. ☊ pretend ☊
We pretended (that) nothing had happened. ☊ pretend ☊
She pretended (that) she was his niece. ☊ pretend ☊
pretend to do sth: I pretended to be asleep. ☊ pretend ☊
He pretended not to notice. ☊ pretend ☊
She didn't love him, though she pretended to. ☊ pretend ☊
pretend sth: She pretended an interest she did not feel. ☊ pretend ☊
They didn't have any real money so they had to pretend. ☊ pretend ☊
pretend (that)...: Let's pretend (that) we're astronauts. ☊ pretend ☊
Everybody joins hands and dances round. ☊ round ☊
signal to/for sb to do sth: He signalled to us to join him. ☊ signal ☊
She sort of pretends that she doesn't really care. ☊ sort of ☊
Don't be surprised if I pretend not to recognise you. ☊ surprised ☊