pretended not to
He pretended not to see me.
Tom ha finto di non capire cosa gli voleva fare Mary.
Tom pretended not to understand what Mary wanted to do to him.
He pretended not to know him.
Mary ha finto di non avere visto Tom.
Mary pretended not to have seen Tom.
Tom ha finto di non sentire nulla.
Tom pretended not to hear anything.
He pretended not to be there.
Tom ha finto di non interessarsi.
Tom pretended not to care.
He pretended not to know me.