pretend
/pɹəˈtɛnd/ adjective B2- Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned. · As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.
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And if he is the lovely Lady, I shall pretend to spring upon her, and so compel her to do my bidding.
you that lie there, may you prosper just in the same proportion as you are what you pretend to be!”
The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, “How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens;” and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest.
A Fox asked him, “How can you pretend to prescribe for others, when you are unable to heal your own lame gait and wrinkled skin?”
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