Terms for subject Cliche / convention containing as if

English	Russian
as if ... not + adj + enough	мало того, что (Much to the horror of the children attending kindergarten through fourth grade at the school, they heard a message booming over the PA system in a creepy voice: "This is a humoctopus! I am speaking to you from the future. Run for your lives, wretched humans! I will smash you all!" As if the message was not traumatic enough, the school subsequently went into a lockdown and had the children hiding under their desks, no doubt, hoping that the humoctopus would spare them from its wrath. -- Мало того, что дети получили психическую травму ... (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver)
as if on cue	словно в ответ на эти слова (at the exact moment one would expect (Oxford Dictionary) ART Vancouver)
as if on cue	как по сигналу (ART Vancouver)
as if on cue	словно в ответ на это (at the exact moment one would expect (Oxford Dictionary) ART Vancouver)
it appeared as if	казалось, что (After this harrowing encounter, they went back the following day to get their things from the house, only to find the ranch owner and numerous police and “military looking” people all over the area. On top of this, it appeared as if the entire first floor of the home had been completely wrecked by something. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver)