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as if

Also, as though. As it would be, as in He decided to accept, as if it really mattered, or John scowled as though he were really angry. The first idiom dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s. Also see make as if.

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"It is as if our constitution only is there like a newspaper to be read, and tomorrow we forget about it," Mr Ojwang's father told the BBC.

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"The way I found out, I went like this", Navratilova says, smacking her hands on the sides of her face as if shocked by something.

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He turned his head in the direction of the Dodgers dugout, waving his glove as if to urge the bench to challenge the call.

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The current law in England and Wales states that abortion is illegal but allowed up to the first 24 weeks of pregnancy and beyond that in certain circumstances such as if the woman's life is in danger.

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"It has been deeply distressing. They have felt as if the rug has been pulled from under their feet."

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