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Imaginative intellectual play.
pretence
pretense
Imagined as in a play.
pretend
unreal
pretend
1
I don't
pretend
to understand the finer points of the Greek crisis.
2
He may
pretend
that the situation at home has returned to normal.
3
Well, men aren't as far removed from animals as they might
pretend
.
4
I do not
pretend
to know the difference between right and wrong.
5
Almost wanted to
pretend
he hadn't heard what Teresa had just said.
1
The house bought on
make
-
believe
;
the house that a penny dreadful built.
2
But he thought it was all
make
-
believe
,
just a young girl's imagination.
3
Her
make
-
believe
portraits of spam mail senders a case of the latter.
4
Children, who love to play
make
-
believe
,
have a natural inclination toward theatre.
5
The fun,
make
-
believe
stories they shared still resonate with us decades later.
6
Yet his reading tastes run toward chaos,
make
-
believe
monsters, and destructive visions.
7
I asked wistfully, because it was nice playing
make
-
believe
with Mr Gentleman.
8
Of course this was only
make
-
believe
,
but the children often played that.
9
And undoubtedly his subtlety was to some extent a matter of
make
-
believe
.
10
Let us be careful and not be caught by
make
-
believe
spring weather.
11
In the hall again, she paused, grinning up at her
make
-
believe
friend.
12
Granted it is
make
-
believe
,
yet not more than practising at a target.
13
Unless you are good at
make
-
believe
,
it is no fun at all.
14
People were no longer content with such
make
-
believe
reporting, and ever been.
15
Their play is a
make
-
believe
battle or escaping or funeral or capture.
16
Yet, let us
make
-
believe
,
you a bold knight and I your lady.
make-believe
make-believe dinners
make-believe ghosts
poor make-believe