Stress results when something causes your body to act as if it were being attacked.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

They act as if they will succeed when they know they will fail.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

They act as if they are giving us charity,she says. So really it is not easy.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"You are provoking the gods and you act as if there will be no consequence."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08