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keep up appearances
idiom
to pretend to be happier, less poor, etc. than you really are, because you do not want people to know how bad your situation is: 维持门面，保持体面;保持常态
They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances for the sake of their children.他们的婚姻并不幸福，但为了子女而装作一切正常。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to act as if something is true when it is not
pretendShe pretended not to know about the surprise.
make believeHe's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce.
play at somethingUK The children are playing at cops and robbers.
role-playDuring class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping.
fakeShe's only faking being ill.
feignThe police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faking & pretending
affect
air guitar
assume
believe
bluff someone into something/doing something
changeling
cry
faker
false
false modesty
falsifiable
falsify
pass something off as something
phoney
phony-baloney
play-act
play-acting
professed
purport
quack
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