vorgeben — to pretend, to use as an excuse, to set in advance in German
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Ich konnte nicht länger vorgeben, keine Schmerzen zu verspüren.
I could no longer pretend that I wasn't in pain.
Es ist nutzlos, vorzugeben, dass Sie nichts davon wissen.
It is no use pretending you know nothing about it.
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Corpus Neighbors
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entsprechen
to correspond to, to meet, to comply with, to conform to
erscheinen
to appear, to seem, to be published, to be released, to come out
bilden
to form, to educate
betreffen
to affect, to concern, to relate to
ergeben
to result in, to show, to give, to produce, to yield
sich ergeben
to surrender
sich verlassen
to depend, to rely on
bezeichnen
to call, to name, to describe, to denote
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