He was pretending to be from England, but his accent and manners gave him away.

他假装来自英国，但他的口音和举止暴露了他的真面目。

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The Cat, after pretending to be blind for so many years, had really lost the sight of both eyes.

这只猫假装瞎子多年后，真的双目失明了。

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Hewitt had gained entrance to the Hall by pretending to be a heating engineer.

休伊特曾假装成供暖技师得到进入那个大厅的许可。

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Hakimullah Mehsud supposedly called news outlets after rumors of his death first arose, but Pakistani officials say they have reason to believe that it was Mehsud's cousin pretending to be the Taliban leader.

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They hung dead, well, not actually, actors pretending to be people that were dying from the trees.

他们把死尸吊起来，当然不是真的，而是演员假装成吊死在树上的死人。

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you know, people dressed in gold and things like that, pretending to be kind of statues

人们穿上金色的服装和类似的东西，假装是一尊雕像，

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But progress isn't pretending to be color blind, it's not being blinded by the person's color.

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Amazon is a marketplace pretending to be a fulfillment center to increase their sales.

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Pretending to be what you're not, hoping things will magically fix themselves, seems easier at times.

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