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It's 'like producing cigarettes, ' he said, pretending to puff on an imaginary cigarette in a meeting room at Geely's Hangzhou headquarters.

Beside me was a woman with a little girl in her arms. But in front of her, a young man occupied two seats, pretending to be sleeping.

The clever ones threw a few limes and ears of corn into a shoulder bag and walked along pretending to be shoppers themselves.

One day she was playing her favourite game, pretending to make a garden, when one of the children, Basil, offered to help.

Pretending to keep a military threat on the table while trying to talk or bribe Iran out of going nuclear is not a bad policy.

The tactics of pretending to cross the river and of making a retreat fooled the enemy.

When Miss Nightingale was a little girl , she used to like playing with her dolls and pretending to nurse them.

In short, she looks like a president, rather than like someone pretending to be one for a while.

Butterfly, has showed up in a picturesque town in Abruzzo, a mountainous region East of Rome, where he's pretending to be a photographer.

He waded through the resorts, pretending to be part of a seminar so he could get hot coffee and a roll.

I must say, Amy, pretending to have intercourse with you has given me a great deal of satisfaction.

This is not just a confused individual pretending to be the returned Christ, there are lots of those including a few on GLP too.

Nothing to be surprised about. For me it was even more surprising to see for how long he was pretending to be in opposition.

Pretending to speak broken English as you dragged your valise, porter threepence, across the slimy pier AT Newhaven.

She made a pass at him: "I got rid of her by pretending to be drunk. "

Pretending to put hands, I would like to rest for a time being, do not want to ignore some people and things.

Actually running a household sort of takes the novelty out of pretending to make dinner, do the ironing, and tidy the kitchen.

No, she was just jumping around the stage pretending to sing with a lot of other musicians and dancers.

You know, going to work and pretending to be someone's not even parent but their stepparent.

Their party coasted on protest votes for years, latterly pretending to be some sort of left-wing conscience for Labour.

Only nowadays all the cocks are cackling and pretending to lay eggs, and all the hens are crowing and pretending to call the sun out of bed.

Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station.

Shopping For this study researchers set themselves up in a mall pretending to carry out a consumer survey on nightgowns and nylon stockings.

There was a tread on the stairs and she hurriedly bent over, pretending to be tucking in the child.

Oh! Kept playing love like it was just a game, pretending to feel the same, turn around, leave again.

If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were just pretending to be dumb to get people's sympathy.

Then he took out his morning letters, and begin to read, pretending to take no more notice of the old man.

It was just a garden variety platinum nucleus pretending to be a monopole by cleverly decaying into osmium and tantalum.

At the height of the Cultural Revolution, the poor man was castigated for putting on airs, pretending to be a "local" Chairman Mao.

Nidal, with his cheeky smile, had crawled around on all fours pretending to be a cat, miaowing daringly round the legs of the girls.

I was pretending to be another man, but losing my own heart. On my first visit, we sat together for a long time, talking of this and that.

Isn't it a risk pretending to be her in front of the entire town?

pretending to cross the river and of making a retreat fooled the enemy.

But William is too busy eating his cornflake and engrossed in his own microcosm while pretending to be an observant critic of China.

I am not pretending to be patriotic, for I truly believe that there will not be a happy family for all people if there is no peace.

They are prepared to go to any length to try to keep control, while pretending to come in friendship.

Hey, Han Jia, I found I wasn't the only one pretending to be the owner of this stall.

I'd hate to be a new freelancer write now, trying to set myself apart from the people pretending to know what they are doing.

Sometimes adults would tease Benjamin, pretending to give or to show him something, but then withdrawing the promised reward.

Howard: I know all your shirts. That's not one of them. . . You were pretending to work at the Genius Bar to pick up women, weren't you?

Sometimes they would even be sloppily dressed , pretending to be as ugly as possible, therefore the evil spirits would not approach them.

He made a hoax call pretending to be the boss.

Then the group split up. Three, wearing civilian clothes and pretending to be workers, raided the guard tower to steal weapons and a truck.

The Distress Committee was not the only body pretending to deal with the poverty problem.

That's in an emotional sense, not in a scary wearing a wig, pretending to be your own twin way.

Maybe I will be very upset without you, but I will still choose to live bravely although I may be pretending to do so.

It dawns on the previous Wolf pretending to be sleeping, is used to lure the enemy.

The opening party scenes were filmed without music, and the guests in the background were silently pretending to talk to one another.

Spend one hour a day or one day a week pretending to be them.

How marvelous were my fancied adventures as I sat on a hard park bench pretending to be immersed in a trembling book.

In fact he says they have no "eye" at all, and just pretend to love what everyone else happens to be pretending to love.

Real galleries, for reference, do not send English students out onto the streets pretending to be art students.

I thought she was just pretending to be sick to get my attention.

For him she was a guilty woman pretending to be an innocent one.

Chang returned to the king the prime minister's seal, pretending to resign from his position before leaving for Ch'u.

But somewhere along the line, politicians stepped out of Constitutional bounds and started pretending to solve our problems for us.

In another instance, a male chimp was seen with his own stick dolly after he saw his mom was pregnant, pretending to care for it.

Sometimes he stopped at the fireplace, and sometimes at the door, pretending to stare with great interest into shop windows.

All these years I have been a slave to humans, hiding my true nature and pretending to be dumb and witless like their horses.

But I still want to tell you, pretending to do it unwittingly.

Pretending to be happy can actually make you more miserable - especially if you're a woman, according to a new study.

Apraxia may also primarily affect oral, non-speech movements, like pretending to cough or blow out a candle (facial apraxia).

Even when I was a child, pretending to be serious but in fact making jokes to cause troubles had been very easy for me.

I like this episode the most because I can see Khun pretending to be a bad boy to see his wife's response.

The last hit was decisive , and Valentina Vezzali made it by pretending to move backwards before making an astonishing attack .

Winters are, pretending to be a old body of Carson from his hometown in the Baraska.

We made bonfire, sat on the ground, perturbed in mind, but pretending to be strong, praying secretly for a safe night.

He came to the annual conference pretending to be a shareholder and hoped no one would blow his cover.

Forgive me for pretending to be cruel, I was just afraid of being hurt once again.

There are those here, who sit in the chairs, who say that this man speaking is pretending to channel.

He won trust from his boss by pretending to be an honest man.

Oh, pretending to be madly active, I suppose. Activity suggests a life filled with purpose.

Other less frequent activities included reading instant messaging logs, using monitoring software and pretending to be another person.

When a person's facial expression is not symmetrical on both sides of the face, it is likely that they are pretending to feel the emotion.

encountered in the wild snakes do? Don't panic, with a gentle smile hold up an umbrella, pretending to be Xu Xian.

Social communication stars wore glasses. Bridegrooms wore blue glasses. Even prostitutes wore glasses pretending to be students.

Every time I post any little information to the net, they will follow me by post lots of things pretending to be different people.

screaming and chattering, nodding and bobbing and bowing, and pretending to be on good terms with every songster of the grove.

We were not like ordinary little girls who frittered away their time hosting tea parties and pretending to be princesses.

A few years ago, I spent a day at Korn Ferry pretending to be a headhunter.

I gave him a wank while pretending to be his mum.

My friends had also told me this : 'If you want to disguise yourself, you must believe that you're the person you're pretending to be.

Mary came to the annual meeting pretending to be a shareholder and hoped no one would blow her cover.

pretending to be sick, someone from work will just happen to be at the end of my street.

Tadesse: But she may be really smart and pretending to be ditzy.

I'd rather live my life knowing that I'm not perfect, than spending my whole life pretending to be.

She blended in easily, pretending to be one of the many war widows.

She lived a lie for 20 years by pretending to be his wife.

This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.

His wife understood very little of the book , but the boy , pretending to sleep , understood every word .

Outfitted for my role in a boxy gray suit, I walked from desk to desk, pretending to talk to fellow agents.

She spoke without looking at me, pretending to be less interested in our conversation than in the life passing by the window.

In one shot, they wear traditional garb, the bride pretending to light a string of firecrackers. Mr. Zhou mugs a grimace, hands to his ears.

Pretending to punch him in the stomach.

No, because you'd only be pretending to be good. . . just like your dad pretended to be a good father.

pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.

The giant software houses are pouring enormous energy into process of creating code, playing God, and pretending to be servants of mankind.

Understand this in front of the wolf pretending to sleep, was used to lure the enemy.

We would spend all day pretending to fight the trolls, or the murlocs, or the girls.

Krishnamurti: (touching my left knee) Ah! I'm glad you don't wear a mask like so many that come to me pretending to be saints.

The Jedi paused, pretending to look in a store window at the end of the block.

But because he is pretending to be a deranged right-winger, his questions about policy are much easier for liberals to parry.

A common scenario is that the attacker calls the shopper, pretending to be a representative from a site visited, and extracts information.

Be creative pretending to be the President, Mickey Mouse, or the latest music superstar.

Orchid is orchid, any pretending to be amorous metropolis hampers we are opposite the understanding of the thing.

Discarded try to be brave, or pretending to be naughty eyes, weak to effortlessly life.

The show also featured an interview with an actor pretending to be Obama.

One of the striking things about today's world is that it is full of despots pretending to be democrats.

Right now , you are pretending to be a time killer.

Julia Roberts: Pretending to be a parent is a cakewalk compared to being a parent.

I spent no time talking or even pretending to be interested in the men.

The girls sit squished on two cement bricks in the back of the class, pretending to be invisible.

Enjoy pretending to play different characters with you or talking for dolls or action figures?

"Certainly" , remarked Harlow, pretending to be suddenly converted to Owen's view.

I got seduced by a girl pretending to be someone else, and you knew.

something that it ' s pretending to be ? - yes , it ' s perfectly fine.

He picked up a microphone, pretending to talk about with people is a large business.

Disabled Sun Bin was not discouraged and tricked Pang Juan by pretending to be mad .

And if you imagine a kid pretending to be King Kong, or a race car driver, or a fireman, they don't all become race car drivers or firemen.

If you don't know it, write him an email pretending to be a customer and look at his return headers.

First he stops the production in the cloud while pretending to be on scheduled maintenance.

Fanon: Instead of pretending to be white shit, black shit should violently overthrow colonialism.

The first is for the best noun pretending to be a verb.

pretending to be madly active, I suppose.

I always ask you to eat, pretending to have nice appetite.

One of the comedies of working life is pretending to care about big things.

The research found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy.

China is a civilisation pretending to be a nation-state.

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another.

Today survey had cheated on a partner while pretending to be faithful.

So pretending to be tall may confer a sexual and thereby evolutionary advantage.

And then, while pretending to search me for guns or knives, he abused me sexually.

I don't like the way it's pretending to be wood.

The kids shuffle off, rinsing the "wound" under cold water, packing it with gauze, and pretending to take their charges to the hospital.

The robbers entered people's homes by pretending to be building inspectors.

Zombies are the best imaginary enemy because they let you indulge in psychotic fantasies while still pretending to be the good guy.

Don't forget about software security when pretending to be the customer.

Now, what's this business about pretending to think differently?

The high school girls have stopped their clapping game and are pretending to speak in Spanish between laughing fits.

e. g. by pretending to be their favorite superhero and fighting their worst fear.

Running from one side of the room to the next pretending to be pirates or jaguars or whatever they imagine themselves into.

We stood at the corner of the bar, pretending to dance, and mauled each other ferociously.

The jump rope leaps out of the toy box and the boys were pretending to catch it.

but the rich man whom they have selected wins her love by wooing her under an assumed name and pretending to be poor.

They probably had rallies full of Chinese pretending to be Nepalians. Then the Chinese probably voted. If there was even a vote.

That is why pretending to believe in total nuclear disarmament may be a necessary piece of western hypocrisy.

as a matter of fact, he was pretending to be ill.

The cat climbed onto the windowsill and hung himself face down, pretending to be dead.

Then she heard Du Junzhan up into her room 's footsteps, glad I shut my eyes is pretending to be asleep.

Remember riding your bike as a kid, pretending to go at warp-speed down a hill?

He deceived me by pretending to be a famous movie star.

He then said some very mean things to Christine. He accused her of toying with his affection, and pretending to love him.

"The man makes the first touch, say pretending to brush something off the woman's blouse, " Rogers said.

Pretending to be someone else is a big part of his job.

During the party, He has been pretending to be as happy as everyone else.

evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated.

Phoebe calls him pretending to be Estelle, and Joey fires her.

the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks, cast lines and reeled in their catch.

She's faking sadness, pretending to be sad to steal my surgeries.

He was pretending to read , not realizing that he was holding his book upside down.

Photos in your profile, so you can flirt with other nerds pretending to be women online.

We cannot go on, year after year, simply pretending to do something to help the situation in the Middle East.

He walked to the gate, pretending to look at a shop window, looking around, for fear of thieves.

Dreading dragging out the decorations and pretending to love gifts you don't really want?

So do I . . . but after all we've only been pretending to be fifteen.

He was really joking; he was only pretending to be serious.

Pretending to read an encyclopedia is the epitome of asserting how smart you are to others.

The cat overreached itself falling into the pool while pretending to sleep on a branch near the sparrow's nest.

They have a feral streak in them , like a horse that's just pretending to be broken .

I live very hypocritical, pretending to have their own very happy.

That turned her thoughts to the way Ender had coddled her at the end, pretending to trust her as before but actually keeping control.

Am I very lovely too while pretending to be angry on Saturday?

Getting American threats on record, while pretending to deplore the loss of secrecy, could be a potent weapon.

Bored, I sent my friend a picture of myself pretending to make out with his bear rug.

Most porn is made for mens consciousness - women generally don't enjoy the stuff you see the actresses pretending to enjoy.

And I'm not pretending to be not tough so you'll think that really I secretly am tough either.

Most importantly, she learned that one must always be on the look out for people pretending to be something they're not.

During one call, Ggong teased the listener pretending to be KFN's scenarist.

Next role play together, pretending to meet lots of new people.

Snake charming is the practice of pretending to hypnotize a snake by playing an instrument.

He enjoys pretending to be you, Sergeant.

And that pretending to be smart doesn't make you smart.

always keep peace of mind, but for strategic needs, pretending to get angry and complain.

You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident.

The lame beggar: How can you go on pretending to be blind if others know this?

Today I am pretending to be Elvis Presley singing It's Now or Never in front of thousands of adoring fans.

Pretending to be your boyfriend.

Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content.

He enjoys pretending to be you, Sergeant. You are his hero.

'Well, well! 'said Wemmick, still pretending to be surprised, 'here's the Aged, and Miss Skiffins! Let's have a wedding! '

Some disgusting sugary drink pretending to have something to do with fruits of the forest?

I had spent years pretending to be Lebanese!

pretending to cast me to the night.

i don't even know why i'm pretending to think about it.

The whole family are pretending to have an enjoyable trip to Hainan.

While there I amused myself below a grassy bank, pretending to dig a tunnel to Europe.

He said, "You can't wake a person who's pretending to sleep. "

This is an age where a video of someone dancing and pretending to sing a famous song can get them an appearance on TV shows and magazines.

I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn't make you happy.

You're pretending to be asleep.

I was pretending to be her sister until she blew my cover.

The young prince started a war by pretending to the crown.

How low can I keep pretending to be?

By pretending to be different people, we can try things out from their perspective, seeing if their viewpoint is different from our own.

He was going to offer it to Hamlet, pretending to admire his victory.

Pretending to be something I know you're not.

(pretending to make a phone call) I'd like to book a room in your hotel.

Difference is our most precious treasure. we are not pretending to show ourselves, we are born different, afraid to face uniform.

You came here pretending to be my friend. And I made you my maid of honor.

Pretending to faint was merely artifice.

Such as pretending to be buyer, and write some goods purchased experiences.

But seriously, there's a definite line you shouldn't cross when pretending to be someone else and it can lead to dire consequences for you.

The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish.

The trend of pretending to contend has extended.

When I came back out I realized there was a bum in the driver's seat pretending to drive it.

Cue the joke. "Yeah, " I say, pretending to check my notes.

Some people without the disease, pretending to some people without disease fantasy his sickness.

Pretending to faint was merely an artifice.

I am not pretending to be poor to win your mercy.

"He just says it, without pretending to be someone else. I think that's a good lesson he teaches us, " Parson said.

Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book;

Dudley stopped pretending to cry at once.

If a team is pretending to use XP, or restricts the customer's ability to fill that role, it won't work.

If you reassure them, reassure them with your ability to learn, not by pretending to know something you don't.

So she took his hand, pretending to bite very angry.

In order to generate an LDM-equivalent IDA Glossary model, you are actually "pretending" to export an LDM file to the Metadata Server.

In the photo, Rimney's wearing a bandanna, pretending to toke something.

And we can continue to bail out the banks while pretending to help homeowners.

And never talk to a five hair debate, as the saying goes, you never can 't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

I saw it went to Sir's room, sometime pretending to take a nap.

Now St Francis, in order to conceal his sanctity, so soon as he entered the room, threw himself upon the bed, pretending to fall asleep.

"But here I am, " he went on, pretending to ignore her interruption.

It's a very useful and venerable superstition that one woman is perfectly safe if another woman is pretending to look after her.

One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.

One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went down stairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.

And second, your mom gave me the pot, back when you were pretending to need something in the room where I had the bourbon hidden.

There are the shills pretending to play the game - sometimes winning sometimes losing.

Or is it pretending to be something extraordinary, noble, divine? - which is nonsense because thought is based on memory.

Faber sat on the floor and curled up, pretending to sleep .

France, too, if you go to ask for directions in English, French tourist, or even someone pretending to not understand and ignore.

He isn't sleeping, not even pretending to sleep.

Well, Daniel, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid?

"Even if they are pretending to change, we should push them so the change becomes irreversible, " he added.

Is this weakness, a lack of boundaries, pretending to be compassion?

He shuffled the papers around on the desk, pretending to be busy.

You cannot wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

Yeah? Who are you pretending to be?

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be sleeping.

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep .

A lazy student, in order to play truant , may play fox , pretending to be ill to have a stomachache , for example .