She can't just pretend nothing happened. You can't pretend to be something you're not. She doesn't pretend or aspire to do anything else. Why did Seenu pretend to be blind? You pretend everything is okay, but it's not. I do not pretend to have succeeded. I won't pretend to be injured so I can hide the truth about my testing. But whatever terms were arranged, he did not pretend that they meant a permanent peace. You can't pretend all the promotion and all the fanfare is not happening. But neither would I pretend that it was not immensely satisfying. I don't pretend to be Mr. Guitar Virtuoso. The Zionists only pretend to believe in religion. They pretend to sell them more weapons. One thing Burr did not need to do, however, was pretend to be disabled. Of course it's not opera, it doesn't pretend to be an opera.