と思え

consider it as

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consider it as A forceful command meaning “regard it as” or “assume that.” It is often used in stern, dramatic, or literary language. The noun or clause before と思え is what the speaker tells you to consider true.

JA: この先は戦場と思え。

EN: Consider everything ahead a battlefield.

質問をマルコム命はないものと思え

Ask your question, Malcolm. Consider your life forfeit.

— マルコムＸ (1992)

怒りは敵と思え。

Regard anger as your enemy.

サーカスと思え

Think of it as a circus.

— シカゴ (2002)

人を見たら泥棒と思え。

Treat everyone as a potential thief.

奴は死んだと思え

Consider him dead.

— マレーナ (2000)

考えろよそれがジョークだと思え詳細に記憶して

Think about it—take it as a joke, and remember it in detail.

— レザボア・ドッグス (1992)