Word Network: pretender

Verbs with 'To': Decide, Promise, Manage (Infinitives Only)

gerunds_infinitives

B2

English Verbs Followed by Infinitive (want to, need to)

gerunds_infinitives

B1

Help! — Emergency & Survival Phrases

expressions_patterns

A0

Passive Gerunds & Infinitives (being done / to be done)

gerunds_infinitives

C2

As If and As Though: Describing Unreal or Uncertain Appearances

grammar

C1

act like

To behave in a way that is similar to someone or something else; to imitate.

A2

To turn a blind eye

To ignore something bad

A2

snake in the grass

A treacherous or deceitful person.

Hypothetically speaking

Academic discourse marker used to connect ideas

C1

turn a blind eye

Ignore something intentionally

B2

kangaroo court

An unofficial or irregular court that disregards legal principles.