如 Stroke Order

to be in a thundering rage (idiom)

like / as

if / in case / in the event that

wear a funeral face as if newly bereft of both parents / be grief-stricken as if bereaved of parents / grieved as if one had lost parents

to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth

Spectators stood round like a wall. / There was a crowd of spectators.

lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

What can be done about it? / What can we do about it? / What shall I do? / How can it be managed?

for example / for instance / such as

in this way / so

similar to / appearing to be

not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to

if

thus

for example / such as / for instance

to be just like

for example / for instance / such as

to be like sth / similar to / alike

unobstructed / unconstrained / smoothly / with ease / freely

even so / for all this / be that as it may / still and all / such as it is

lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice

as easily as walking on firm earth.

would cut clean through iron as though it were mud. / very sharp

to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief

to be as if... / to be rather like...

like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago

just as if

(idiom) appropriate / apt / just right

ashamed of being inferior (idiom) / to feel inferior to others

to have one's wishes fulfilled