Thanks! An interesting phrase: make believe

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from wiktionary:

English [edit]

Verb [edit]

make believe

  1. (idiomatic) To pretend or imagine.
    Let's build a fort out of chairs and blankets and make believe we are pirates.
     [quotations ▼]
    • 1927, Oscar Hammerstein II, Show Boat
      Only make believe I love you, / Only make believe that you love me. / Others find peace of mind in pretending, / Couldn’t you? / Couldn’t I? / Couldn’t we? / Make believe our lips are blending / In a phantom kiss, or two, or three. / Might as well make believe I love you, / For to tell the truth I do.

Noun [edit]

make believe (usually uncountable; plural make believes)

  1. The act of pretending that what is imaginary is real.

Adjective [edit]

make believe (comparative more make believe, superlative most make believe)

  1. imaginary; conjured in someone's imagination, especially when imagined by a child

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• I learend this phrase,too.Thank you. -斓婷- ♀ 给 斓婷 发送悄悄话 斓婷 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 05/05/2013 postreply 11:42:28

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