Usage examples of "c'est comme si" in French with translation to English

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Comme je joue le rôle d'un arbre dans la pièce, c'est tout comme si je n'avais pas de rôle. Since the role I play is that of a tree, it's just as if I didn't have one.
C'est comme si c'était fait. It's as good as done.
Tu n'écoutes jamais, c'est comme si je parlais à un mur. You never listen. I might as well talk to the wall.
C'est comme si le monde était déjà fini et que nous étions tous en enfer mais ne l'avions pas encore remarqué. It's like the world has already ended and we're all in Hell but haven't noticed yet.
Elle était, contrairement à sa fille, de petite taille et son corps était gras sur les côtés. C'est comme si une tête humaine avait été attachée sur le corps d'un cochon. She was, unlike her daughter, of small stature and her body was fat on the sides. It was as if a human head had been fitted unto the body of a pig.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
Je parle comme si je savais tout. I talk as if I knew everything.
Il semblait comme si rien n'était arrivé. He looked as if nothing had happened.
Elle prend toujours des airs, agissant comme si elle était reine. She's always putting on airs, acting as if she were Queen.
J'ai envie de crier fort comme si j'étais une petite fille. I feel like crying out loud as if I were a little girl.
Il me traite comme si j'étais un étranger. He treats me as if I were a stranger
Être « très occupé » ne veut ni dire que l'on court partout ni que l'on agit comme si l'on avait le temps pour personne ou quoi que ce soit. Being "really busy" does not mean running around and acting like you don't have time for anyone or anything.
Internet a étendu le rayon d'action de ma vie sexuelle ; un peu comme si j'étais passé aux missiles balistiques. The Internet has expanded the range of my sex life; it's a bit like I upgraded to ballistic missiles.
Ce n'est pas comme si nous devions vendre des trucs, tu vois ? It ain't like we gotta sell stuff, you know.
S'étant efforcé de s'imposer la croyance en un système contre lequel la raison se rebelle, il la nomme déplaisamment raison humaine, comme si l'homme pouvait se donner raison à lui-même. Having endeavoured to force upon himself the belief of a system against which reason revolts, he ungratefully calls it human reason, as if man could give reason to himself.
Les gens ayant des membres amputés continuent à les sentir comme si ils étaient encore là. People with amputated limbs continue to feel them as if they were still there.
Elle parle de Paris comme si elle y était allée plusieurs fois. She talks about Paris as if she had been there many times.
Elle agissait comme si elle n'était au courant de rien. She acted as if she knew nothing about it.
Il souriait comme si rien ne lui était arrivé. He was smiling as if nothing had happened to him.
Il grimaça, comme si les souvenirs de son amer passé déferlaient tels des vagues à l'intérieur de sa tête. He grimaced as if memories of his bitter past were crashing like waves inside his head.
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