Terms containing as if it were

Subject	English	Russian
math.	as if it were	как будто бы он был
gen.	as if it were	как будто бы это был (We opened presents as if it were my birthday – it was our first dinner party. ART Vancouver)
gen.	as if it were by chance	невзначай (MichaelBurov)
inf.	as if it were child’s play	играючи
gen.	as if it were someone's for the asking	вынь да положь (Anglophile)
gen.	as if it were incidental	невзначай (MichaelBurov)
gen.	as if it were random	невзначай (MichaelBurov)
gen.	as if it were randomly	невзначай (MichaelBurov)
gen.	as if it were the lantern	как светоч своей жизни (Interex)
gen.	as if it were today	как сейчас (помню как сейчас = I remember it as if it were today. ... having you I remember it as if it were today The tiny room and the single bed Though the tangled trails of time have led us far astray The memory seems to stay ... Alexander Demidov)
gen.	as if it were your own	как к собственному (triumfov)
Makarov.	he can remember it as if it were yesterday	он помнит это, словно это было вчера
gen.	he passed her as if it were by chance	он, как бы невзначай, прошёл мимо неё
gen.	he talks about it as if it were a done deal	он говорит так, как будто всё уже решено
gen.	his whole body felt as if it were on fire	все его тело было как будто объято пламенем
lit.	If I've achieved any success as a warbler it's because I've managed to keep the kind of naturalness in my style, my phrasing, and my mannerisms which any Joe Doakes possesses.	Если я и достиг успеха, напевая песенки, то потому, что мне удалось сохранить ту естественность стиля, выражения и поведения, какая характерна для самого обыкновенного американца. (B. Crosby)
gen.	it looks as if they were afraid	кажется, что они боялись (as if he wouldn't go, as if trouble were brewing, etc., и т.д.)
gen.	it looks as if they were afraid	создаётся такое впечатление, что они боялись (as if he wouldn't go, as if trouble were brewing, etc., и т.д.)
gen.	it often appears in a family, as if all the qualities of the progenitors were potted in several jars	в семье часто случается так, что все качества предков сосредотачиваются в нескольких представителях. (R. W. Emerson)
Makarov.	it seems as if it were going to rain	такое впечатление, что сейчас пойдёт дождь
gen.	it seems as if it were going to rain	кажется, сейчас пойдёт дождь
gen.	it sounds to me as if someone were trying to get into the house	по звуку мне показалось, что кто-то пытался забраться в дом (as if someone was running away, etc., и т.д.)
gen.	it sounds to me as if someone were trying to get into the house	по звуку у меня сложилось впечатление, что кто-то пытался забраться в дом (as if someone was running away, etc., и т.д.)
math.	much as if it were	почти так же, как если бы
Makarov.	old lady fusses over her dog as if it were a child	старушка носится со своей собакой, как с ребёнком
Makarov.	the old lady fusses over her dog as if it were a child	старушка носится со своей собакой, как с ребёнком
gen.	use my house as if it were your own	располагайтесь у меня как дома
lit.	We know what sort of picture D. H. Lawrence would paint if he took to the brush instead of the pen. For he did so, luckily and even held exhibitions. As one might have expected, it turned out to be incompetent Gauguin.	Известно, какие картины писал бы Д. Г. Лоренс, если бы взялся за кисть, а не за перо. Ведь он этим занимался и даже устраивал выставки. Как и следовало ожидать, его работы — это неумелое подражание Гогену. (P. W. Lewis)