I experienced a lightness, as if a heavy weight was taken off my shoulders.

我感觉一阵轻盈，就好像肩上的重担被卸下。

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Gesture: Lower hands to your waist, clench slightly, and move up and down as if carrying a heavy weight.

手势：将双手放置与腰齐平，轻轻握紧，上下移动，似举重物。

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Although drawn downwards by the heavy weight which hastened his rapid descent, it seemed to him as if the fall lasted for a century.

有重物拖着他，加快了他下降的速度，但他仍觉着下落的时间似乎持续了一百年。

youdao

He swung the bag as if to test its weight, as if it might or might not be heavy enough to knock Con over, to change her mind about a couple of things.

NEWYORKER: Brooklyn Circle