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pretend

[prɪ'tend] брит. / амер.

гл.
1. 1. притворяться, делать вид; симулировать
  2. прикидываться, разыгрывать из себя
2. использовать как предлог, использовать в качестве отговорки
3. (pretend to) претендовать; притязать (на что-л.)
4. осмеливаться, отваживаться, решаться
прил.
воображаемый, мнимый; притворный, ложный; выдуманный

Law (En-Ru)

pretend

претендовать
симулировать; выдавать себя за кого-л.

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“You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act—you know, pretend to knock me over and all that.”
Надо кого-то нарядить свиньей и пусть изображает… ну, притворяется, что бросается на меня, и всякое такое…
Golding, William / Lord of the fliesГолдинг, Уильям / Повелитель мух
Повелитель мух
Голдинг, Уильям
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1981
© "Азбука-классика", 2005
Lord of the flies
Golding, William
© 1954 by William Golding

Do you then pretend to be ignorant of it?
Вы что же, хотите прикинуться, что вам о нем ничего не известно?
Austen, Jane / Pride and prejudiceОстин, Джейн / Гордость и предубеждение
Гордость и предубеждение
Остин, Джейн
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
© BiblioLife, LLC

- Yes, we have done with the plague here: it was very saucy in you to pretend to have it before your betters.
— Да, мы здесь разделались с чумой: должен заметить, что с вашей стороны было довольно-таки дерзко претендовать на нее раньше людей более достойных.
Swift, Jonathan / Journal to StellaСвифт, Джонатан / Письма к Стелле
Письма к Стелле
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Наука", 1981
Journal to Stella
Swift, Jonathan
© BiblioLife, LLC

I mean, there was nothing there when we looked; even Lucy didn't pretend the was."
Я хочу сказать: в шкафу не было ничего, кроме шуб, когда мы туда заглянули; даже Люси не спорила с тем, что там ничего нет.
Lewis, Clive S. / The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeЛьюис, Клайв С. / Лев, колдунья и платяной шкаф
Лев, колдунья и платяной шкаф
Льюис, Клайв С.
© Перевод Г. Островская, 2010
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lewis, Clive S.
© 1950 by C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.
© renewed 1978 by C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.

I know we pretend it, to save ourselves from breaking down or going to the other extreme.
Я знаю, мы иногда делаем вид, будто шутим, чтобы не пасть духом или не впасть в другую крайность.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

"Thou foolish fellow," said Candide; "I have delivered thee out of the galleys, I have paid thy ransom, and thy sister's also; she was a scullion, and is very ugly, yet I am so condescending as to marry her; and dost thou pretend to oppose the match?
Сумасшедший барон, — сказал ему Кандид, — я избавил тебя от галер, заплатил за тебя выкуп, выкупил и твою сестру. Она мыла здесь посуду, она уродлива — я, по своей доброте, готов жениться на ней, а ты еще противишься.
Voltaire / CandideВольтер / Кандид
Кандид
Вольтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
Candide
Voltaire
© 1918 by BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.

'Don't tell us you didn't mean to do it, don't pretend you don't know what it is.
- И не прикидывайся, не ври - мол, знать не знаю и ведать не ведаю.
Simak, Clifford D. / All flesh is grassСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Всякая плоть - трава
Всякая плоть - трава
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© Copyright Clifford Donald Simak
© Copyright Нора Галь, перевод
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
All flesh is grass
Simak, Clifford D.
© Copyright Clifford Donald Simak

Besides, I love you too much to pretend about your work.
И, кроме того, я слишком люблю тебя, чтобы лицемерить.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

Can't pretend to congratulate you on entering the contest, I'm afraid; you won't expect that.
Однако не буду лукавить меня совсем не радует, что вы вступили в спор. Да вы и сами знаете.
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith / The Temple Of SilenceЧестертон, Гилберт Кит / Белая ворона
Белая ворона
Честертон, Гилберт Кит
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1980
The Temple Of Silence
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
© 2009 by Seven Treasures Publications

I don't pretend to be any baa-lamb, and maybe I'm a little cross-grained at breakfast sometimes, but the way they go on jab-jab-jabbering, I simply can't stand it.
Не говорю, что я сам — кроткий ягненок, может быть, я тоже за завтраком ершусь, но я не могу выносить, как они трещат, трещат без умолку — сил нет!
Lewis, Sinclair / BabbitЛьюис, Синклер / Бэббит
Бэббит
Льюис, Синклер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
Babbit
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2008 by Quill Pen Classics

“I don't pretend to know much about these things, and I'd be a better judge of a horse or a steer than of a picture.
— Я в картинах мало что понимаю. Вот лошадь или бычок — другое дело.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the BaskervillesКонан Дойль, Артур / Собака Баскервилей
Собака Баскервилей
Конан Дойль, Артур
© "Нижне-Волжское книжное издательство", 1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

At last I can bear it no longer, and pretend I have just wakened up.
Наконец я не выдерживаю и делаю вид, что просыпаюсь.
Remarque, Erich Maria / All Quiet on the Western FrontРемарк, Эрих Мария / На Западном фронте без перемен
На Западном фронте без перемен
Ремарк, Эрих Мария
© Издательство «Правда», 1985
All Quiet on the Western Front
Remarque, Erich Maria
© 1929 by Little, Brown, and Company

I don't want to pretend it was all her doing, that I had no hand in what happened that night.
Не стану утверждать, что в случившемся той ночью виновата одна Нетти, а я тут ни при чем.
De Lint, Charles / Someplace To Be FlyingДе Линт, Чарльз / Покинутые небеса
Покинутые небеса
Де Линт, Чарльз
Someplace To Be Flying
De Lint, Charles
© 1998 by Charles de Lint

"Aha! Master Michael, are you there with your bears?" said Foster, with a grim smile; "and is this the knowledge you pretend of my concernments?
— Эге, мистер Майкл, вот вы куда метите! — воскликнул Фостер с угрюмой усмешкой. — Ты хочешь разведать мои тайны?
Scott, Walter / KenilworthСкотт, Вальтер / Кенилворт
Кенилворт
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1963
Kenilworth
Scott, Walter
© BiblioLife, LLC

He would go in and pretend to be a foreigner, and not know English.
Войти и притвориться иностранцем — будто он не знает по-английски…
Wells, Herbert George / KippsУэллс, Герберт / Киппс
Киппс
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Kipps
Wells, Herbert George
© the Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells, 1905

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prɪ'tendVerbпритворяться; делать вид; симулироватьExamples

She pretended not to notice. — Она сделала вид, что ничего не заметила.

User translations

Adjective

1.
притворяться
translation added by Ирина Олейник
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The part of speech is not specified

1.
притворяться
translation added by Карен Гукеян
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2.
сделать вид
translation added by Oleg Shevaldyshev
Bronze ru-en
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Collocations

pretend to be

закосить

pretend to be poorer than one is

прибедняться

to pretend

притворяться

pretend to be serious

серьезничать

pretend to be brave

храбриться

pretend to be

притворяться

pretend ignorance

отговариваться незнанием

pretended abortion

преступная симуляция аборта

pretended crime

симуляция преступления

pretended power

ссылка на правомочие

pretended right

заявляемое право

Word forms

pretend

verb

Basic forms
Past	pretended
Imperative	pretend
Present Participle (Participle I)	pretending
Past Participle (Participle II)	pretended

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pretend	we pretend
you pretend	you pretend
he/she/it pretends	they pretend

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pretending	we are pretending
you are pretending	you are pretending
he/she/it is pretending	they are pretending

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pretended	we have pretended
you have pretended	you have pretended
he/she/it has pretended	they have pretended

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pretending	we have been pretending
you have been pretending	you have been pretending
he/she/it has been pretending	they have been pretending

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pretended	we pretended
you pretended	you pretended
he/she/it pretended	they pretended

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pretending	we were pretending
you were pretending	you were pretending
he/she/it was pretending	they were pretending

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pretended	we had pretended
you had pretended	you had pretended
he/she/it had pretended	they had pretended

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pretending	we had been pretending
you had been pretending	you had been pretending
he/she/it had been pretending	they had been pretending

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pretend	we shall/will pretend
you will pretend	you will pretend
he/she/it will pretend	they will pretend

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pretending	we shall/will be pretending
you will be pretending	you will be pretending
he/she/it will be pretending	they will be pretending

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pretended	we shall/will have pretended
you will have pretended	you will have pretended
he/she/it will have pretended	they will have pretended

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pretending	we shall/will have been pretending
you will have been pretending	you will have been pretending
he/she/it will have been pretending	they will have been pretending

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pretend	we should/would pretend
you would pretend	you would pretend
he/she/it would pretend	they would pretend

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pretending	we should/would be pretending
you would be pretending	you would be pretending
he/she/it would be pretending	they would be pretending

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pretended	we should/would have pretended
you would have pretended	you would have pretended
he/she/it would have pretended	they would have pretended

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pretending	we should/would have been pretending
you would have been pretending	you would have been pretending
he/she/it would have been pretending	they would have been pretending

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pretended	we are pretended
you are pretended	you are pretended
he/she/it is pretended	they are pretended

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pretended	we are being pretended
you are being pretended	you are being pretended
he/she/it is being pretended	they are being pretended

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pretended	we have been pretended
you have been pretended	you have been pretended
he/she/it has been pretended	they have been pretended

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pretended	we were pretended
you were pretended	you were pretended
he/she/it was pretended	they were pretended

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pretended	we were being pretended
you were being pretended	you were being pretended
he/she/it was being pretended	they were being pretended

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pretended	we had been pretended
you had been pretended	you had been pretended
he/she/it had been pretended	they had been pretended

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pretended	we shall/will be pretended
you will be pretended	you will be pretended
he/she/it will be pretended	they will be pretended

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pretended	we shall/will have been pretended
you will have been pretended	you will have been pretended
he/she/it will have been pretended	they will have been pretended

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pretend

Law (En-Ru)

pretend

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Adjective

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Word forms

pretend

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