Participle II is introduced by the conjunctions as if or as though.
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We stood motionless as if depressed by something.
(=We stood motionless as if we
were depressed by something.)
Мы стояли неподвижно, как-будто были подавлены чем-то.
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I looked at him as if surprised to see him there.
(=I looked at him as if I were sur-
prised to see him there.
•
“Does he know it?” said David Rubin, as though surprised.
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“I’ll get off the train,” he repeated as if hypnotized.
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She continued staring at the screen as if fascinated by the first sight of television.
