A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. 假装
noun [抽象名词] 假象，伪装；借口，托词；装扮游戏角色；自称， 自诩；虚浮炫耀的语言（或行为）
He goes to the library and makes a pretence of reading some Thoreau. 他去图书馆假装读梭罗的书。
pre(预先) + tenc(=tens伸展) + e → 预先伸展开来 → 假装
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- On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese. 在审问的第8天，她不再假装她是日本人。
- She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him. 她无法继续假装爱他了。