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であるかのように

as if … were

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phrase Rare #34,267
as if … were Used to describe something as though it were true; often follows a noun or a な-adjective.
JA: 彼は先生であるかのように話した。
EN: He spoke as if he were a teacher.

妻はまるで私が町一番のお金持ちであるかのようにお金を使う。

My wife spends money as if I were the richest man in town.

その外国人はまるで母国語であるかのように日本語を話す。

That foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were their native language.

彼女はまるで病気であるかのように青い顔をしている。

She looks pale, as if she were ill.

彼は私がうそつきであるかのように言った。

He said it as if I were a liar.

彼は僕をうそつきであるかのように言った。

He spoke of me as if I were a liar.