pretend
berpura-pura
definition
verb
I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep
speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
he cannot pretend to sophistication
lay claim to (a quality or title).
adjective
the children are pouring out pretend tea for the dolls
not really what it is represented as being; used in a game or deception.
translation of 'pretend'
verb
berpura-pura
example
He is a member who is given to anger, a member who can display anger and can 'pretend' anger, but underneath it actually is anger, as well.
If using 'pretend' news is one of the ways these stations have chosen to save money, it's a false economy.
Sometimes, when I was playing in a football game, I would stare at Susan and 'pretend' she came to cheer me on.
It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and 'pretend' we were pirates on a quest for gold.
The dolls are to be served a 'pretend' lunch, so they each have their own striped chair and matching tiny teacup and plate.
We weren't marching off to conquer other countries, but to save them, for real, not for 'pretend' purposes.
They could 'pretend' that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback.
You just become someone walking around in freedom, no longer a 'pretend' celebrity with a wallet to be taxed.
I don't know why the 'pretend' face ruined it for me, but it did.
The good thing about a BlackBerry is you can read a message and 'pretend' that you haven't seen it.
Pretend troops are just what we need to fight for a 'pretend' cause!
‘There is no point in having a pretend vote on a 'pretend' treaty,’ he said.
They ride around on 'pretend' horses while knocking coconuts together and often break into spontaneous song.
And when you say towing mannequins, is that mannequin in the sense of, say a store dummy, basically a 'pretend' human being?
Francis loses both daughter and wife and constructs a fantasy life to 'pretend' that Lisa is somehow still alive.
There would be no safe haven for them, if the West was prepared to be an equal partner (not just a 'pretend' one).
See, I save time in the morning by not bothering to 'pretend' surprise that the Government lies.
In the home center, children prepare a 'pretend' picnic for an imaginary vacation.
Not that I'll be wiping pretend crude oil off 'pretend' sea gulls, you understand.
Boys and young men with 'pretend' guns were being given military drill and taught blood-curdling, screamed chants.
For some reason I believed that she was going to ask me to 'pretend' that she lived in high society.
It was a boring time, as Dominic had to eat 'pretend' chocolate chip cookies, and drink tea.
This fantasy allows us to 'pretend' that where we are does not matter, and that what we do daily is a minor narrative that does not count.
He wants to see Catherine and wants her to 'pretend' that they are engaged and in a fancy Milan hotel room together.
Fearing the worst, he decides to 'pretend' that Germany is still the same country his mother believes in.
Back then I used to play games and 'pretend' I was a secret agent and such.
Build a fire (real or 'pretend' depending on fire restrictions) and tell stories.
At least on the streets there was no pretend law being bothered with in a 'pretend' way, just people puffing, victimising only themselves.
I can't be the only adult to play for 'pretend' money around the Monopoly board, but at least that requires some sense of the world outside me.
When he does, will he play the party game and try to 'pretend' the elephants aren't there?
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