Terms for subject Sarcastical containing как будто

Russian	English
как будто бы	as if ("... as if weather balloons or swamp gas could explain sightings with multiple witnesses in the military or coast guard." • The production company knew the case was valid, they said, because they had found a brief story about it on the Internet. As if that somehow legitimized it with 100 percent certainty! mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver)