Pretend and Repeat

Pretend

Pretend verb - To take on a false or deceptive appearance.

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Repeat and pretend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repeat" instead a verb "Pretend".

Repeat verb - To say or state again.

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Pretend and repeat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretend" instead a verb "Repeat".

name	pretend name	repeat name
time	pretend time	repeat time
game	pretend game	repeat game
story	pretend story	repeat story
Other words: nothing, song, enemy, names.

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei does not pretend to have anything resembling a continuity; the characters have had to repeat their second year several times yet none of them shows any signs of aging.

Source: Negative Continuity
A subversion would be if they were listening and pretend not to, or appeared to be not paying attention but could repeat what the person said verbatim.

Source: Not Listening to Me, Are You?
What you are supposed to do is... just repeat what you have been doing the whole game many, many times, completly ignore the hints that what you are doing might not be a good idea and pretend to be surprised when things go downhill.

Source: Broken Aesop / Video Games

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