The book doesn't pretend to be a great work of literature.

这本书并未自封为文学杰作。

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I can't pretend to any great musical talent.

我不能妄称自己多有音乐天赋。

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Then they pretend to laugh.

然后他们假装笑。

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Hamlet decides to pretend that he is crazy to learn if this is true.

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Something is usually said about Kafka in connection with Wise Blood, but I have never succeeded in making my way through The Castle or The Trial, and I wouldn't pretend to know anything about Kafka.

经常有人说到卡夫卡,与《慧血》之间的联系，但我从来没有成功地,读懂《城堡》或者《审判》,我不会假装我了解卡夫卡的一切。

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Let's pretend that at work, your boss gives you too much work and not enough time to finish it.

假设你上班的时候，老板给了你太多的工作，你没有足够的时间来完成它。

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Listen, you guys had to listen to me at the State of the Union -- or at least pretend to listen to me. (Laughter.) So I'll try to keep it relatively brief, some opening remarks and then open it up for questions.

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This desire could prompt it to start behaving better, but cynics suspect that it will merely pretend to.

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So let us pay their due to those who, not being truly great, do not pretend to be.

ECONOMIST: In praise of mediocrity