simply pretend
Frequency: 7.08.1 per million words
Emphasizes the simplicity of the act of pretending.
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Examples (10)
- They decided to simply pretend it never happened.
- Sometimes, it's easier to simply pretend you don't know.
- We'll just have to simply pretend everything is normal.
- Why don't we simply pretend we're on a tropical island?
- She chose to simply pretend she hadn't heard the gossip.
- The authorities cannot simply pretend that corruption doesn't exist.
- He was simply pretending to be busy to avoid extra work.
- It's often best to simply pretend you didn't hear that rude comment.
- Don't simply pretend to be happy if you're truly upset.
- For the children's sake, we had to simply pretend everything was fine.