I.
verb
ADVERB
▪ otherwise
▪
You know what this is all about. Why ~ otherwise?
▪ at least
▪
Couldn't you at least ~ to enjoy it?
▪ just , merely , simply
▪
They decided to just ~ it never happened.
VERB + PRETEND
▪ can no longer
▪ try to
▪ be dishonest to , be foolish to , be idle to ( BrE )
▪
It would be foolish to ~ that there are no risks involved.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
He ~ed to his boss that he'd written the article.
PHRASES
▪ go on ~ing
▪
I can't go on ~ing any longer.
▪ just ~ing , only ~ing
▪
Maria knew he was only ~ing.
▪ let's ~
▪
Let's ~ it never happened.
▪ stop ~ing
▪ there's no point in ~ing , there's no point ~ing ( esp. BrE )
Pretend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ reluctance
II.
adj.
Pretend is used with these nouns: ↑ play