fake ·verb (PRETEND)

Definition: to pretend that something has happened when it has not or to pretend to have a feeling that you do not have Level: C2

他们假装生病以避免工作。

They ___faked illness to avoid having to work.

他说他感觉不舒服，但他只是装出来的。

He said he was feeling sick, but he was just ___faking it.

他们决定假装死亡并逃到一个秘密岛屿。

They decided to ___fake their death and escape to a secret island.