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v.infmlpretend not to know
你比谁都明白，别装蒜了！
Don't plead ignorance. You know more about this than anyone else!
我们有任务，别装蒜。
We have a mission to perform. Quit pretending.
不要装蒜，告诉我你的真实想法吧。
Stop posing and tell me what you really think.
“您真会装蒜，”她说。
" You're a mighty sweet old liar," she said.
咱们心里想的都一样，要不是假仁假义地装蒜，你也会实话实说。
It's the way you feel, and if you weren't so immorally pious you'd be honest and say so.
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Word usage
- Separable word"装" and "蒜" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
他装什么蒜，好像我们不知道似的。
He pretended as if we had not known it.
你在他面前装不了蒜。
I can't pretend in front of him.
夸他两句，他还装起蒜来了。
After a few words of praise, he started posing.