to act in English:

Tom wondered if he should pretend to appreciate the dinner Mary made for him.

Even if you know the truth, you had better pretend otherwise at present.

Don't pretend

for you i could pretend like i was happy when i was sad

If she finds out that that uniform was one I bought to get my former girlfriend to be a pretend 'high school girl' ...

Everyone knows that theatre is a world of let's pretend.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

The neighborhood has been gentrified. Now it's teeming with pretend hipsters slurping skinny lattes at Starbucks. They gather round coffee and free Wi-Fi like bees round a honeypot.

People sometimes pretend to be deaf when they hear a question they don't want to answer

He doesn’t pretend to enjoy the work, but he says that the atmosphere is much nicer than in the Houses of Parliament.

If you feel pain it means that you didn/t pretend.

I thought he was very rude when he pretended not to hear me.

Did you ever pretend to be ill so you didn't have to go to school?

Pedantry is properly the over-rating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.

She is active.

You probably know a few tricks for staying active at work.

I want the young members to be more active.

I was active in politics when I was in the university.

In addition many groups have been formed so that the elderly can socialize with one another and remain active participants in American life.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

It's much less usual for a person to be politically aware than to be politically active.

This skull and crossbones was named based on the world-famous Captain Kidd who was active in late 17th century Britain.

We insist that during the next three days you make decisions which are fair to all generations and which show an active concern for the environment.

Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man...

College students should study hard, but equally they should also make time for an active social life.

Stock prices soared in active trading as corporations announced good financial results.

Being active at night may relate to the behavior of seals, which feed at night on various fish that come up closer to the surface.

happy people are active, creative and curious aobout new experiences

Tania is an active child who likes doing a lot of things.