как будто бы он был
• Where steeply dipping, layered rocks underlie a hillside, the upper edges of the layers are commonly turned downhill as if bent.
• We subtract the two reactions as though (or as if) they were algebraic equations.
• The liquid phase behaves as if it were a stationary medium.
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