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Complete the roommate's panicked text message about an unwanted eight-legged guest.
"I would rather _________________________ with the giant spider in the bathtub right now. Honestly, I'd like _________________________ it simply doesn't exist until you get home."
"I would rather not deal with the giant spider in the bathtub right now. Honestly, I'd like to pretend it simply doesn't exist until you get home."
The negative form of would rather is constructed by simply adding "not" before the bare infinitive (not deal).
Would like (contracted here as I'd like) requires a to-infinitive (to pretend).