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as if
  1. 1 as if, as it were, as though — usu. as あたかものようだ, あたかものごとし, etc.
  2. 2 right then, just then, at that moment
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· examples

  • He looked as if he had been ill.

    sense 1 · as if

  • They worked like so many ants.

  • He talks as if he were rich.

  • She looked as if she had seen a ghost.

  • He talks as if he knew everything.

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