1、pretend

假装；伪装；装作

I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.

当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。

Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.

有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。

自诩；自称；自以为

We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.

我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。

Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.

在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。

2、go through

经历，经受（尤指苦难或艰难时期）

He was going through a very difficult time.

他正处于非常艰难的时期。

South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.

南非正在经历一场不可逆转的变革。

翻阅；翻找；整理

It was evident that someone had gone through my possessions.

显然有人翻过我的物品。

（法律、协议等）被通过；（决定）被批准

The bill might have gone through if the economy was growing.

要是当时经济在增长的话，该法案或许也就获得通过了。