Most of the time, when birds are engaging in distraction displays, they are going to be pretending either that they have an injury or that they're ill or that they're exhausted.

大多数时候，当鸟类试图转移对方注意力的时候，它们会假装自己受伤或生病了，或者很疲惫。

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Pretending that, just because your founders are niceyoung men and you give away lots ofservices, society has no right to question your motives no longer seems sensible.

试着去做出一种姿态，不能仅因为你们的创建人是善良的年轻人并提供了许多的服务，就认为社会没有权利去质疑你们的动机。

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There are those here, who sit in the chairs, who say that this man speaking is pretending to channel.

他们在这里，坐在椅子上，说道：正在发言的这名男子是假装通灵。

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"The Tories once again claim to be able to cut taxes while pretending that no-one will have to pay, showing that these plans are as spurious as the last, " he said.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency reports that people pretending to be FEMA or other government officials are calling or going door-to-door asking for personal information.

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Governments, always eager to deflect political pressure, may prefer to justify unpopular decisions by pretending that their hands are tied.

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