Vocabulary
丸で
まるで
as if; as though; just like; much as; exactly like; as it were
adverb
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は日本語(にほんご)をまるで日本人(にほんじん)であるかのように話(はな)す。
He speaks Japanese as if he were Japanese.
彼(かれ)は仕事(しごと)のことはまるでしゃべらない。
He is very close about his work.
彼(かれ)はまるで父親(ちちおや)に会(あ)ったことがないかのようだ。
It seems like he had never met his father before.
彼(かれ)はまるで病気(びょうき)であったかのような顔(かお)をしている。
He looks as if he had been ill.
彼(かれ)はまるで何(なに)もなかったかのように話(はな)しつづけた。
He went on talking as though nothing had happened.
彼(かれ)はまるで何(なん)でも知(し)っているように話(はな)す。
He talks as if he knew everything.
彼(かれ)には紳士(しんし)らしいところがまるでない。
He is nothing of a gentleman.
時々(ときどき)彼(かれ)はまるで私(わたし)の上司(じょうし)のように振る舞(ふるま)う。
Sometimes he acts as if he were my boss.