~ふりをする (to pretend to)

If you happen to run into a bear, play dead.

Let's pretend to be soldiers.

She pretended not to hear his voice.

She pretended she didn't hear me calling.

She pretended she couldn't hear what I was saying.

She pretended not to know anything about it.

She puts on a ladylike act.

When her mother came, she pretended to be studying.

She pretended to be asleep during the argument.

She was only pretending to be asleep.

She pretended she couldn't hear what he said.

She pretended she hadn't heard him.

She pretended to be a student.

She pretended not to know anything.

She often pretended to be deaf.

She pretended she didn't know anything about it.

She pretended as though she knew absolutely nothing about it.

She pretended to be innocent.

She pretended she couldn't hear what he was saying.