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Daily Vocabulary(2019/01/10)

2019年01月10日 | Daily Vocabulary
22831.pretend(〜のふりをする / 〜に成りすます)to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive people or for fun
My son likes to pretend that he is Superman.
22832act like(〜のふりをする / 〜に成りすます)
My coworkers always act like they're busy.
22833.play dumb(知らないふりをする / とぼける)
Jimmy always plays dumb and acts like he doesn't know anything but he's actually a really smart guy.
22834.skip(さぼる)informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do
I'm skipping the meeting.
22835.majority rule(多数決の)a system of government in which every person in a country has the right to vote and the group which wins the most votes has power
It took many years of struggle to establish majority rule in South Africa.

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