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Just like
Just like the real thing.

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よるのトイレをおそれるだだっこさながらの、いいわけにもならないセリフでおちゃをにごした。

Just like a spoiled, selfish child, I avoided the main issue.

さまざまなトラブルをそうていしたほんばんさながらのくんれん

The training session included a variety of mock situations and emergencies.

ほんばニューヨークさながらのジャズナイト

A jazz night just like a genuine New York one.

せっきじだいさながらのちゃっかほうほう

How to light a fire just like they did it in the stone age.

さながらのなふんいき

A stylish atmosphere like New York

テストさながらのしゅつだいけいしき

Questions just like the real ones that appear in the TOEIC test.

ほんばんさながらのシミュレーション

A simulation just like the real thing.

じっさいのしけんさながらのもぎテスト

A practice exam, just like the real one.

ごうとうだんはちかくのいえから１１０メートルにおよぶトンネルをほってしんにゅうした。えいがさながらのごうとうだ。

The group of robbers dug a 110m tunnel from a nearby house and entered the premises. It's just like a movie.

There is Kanji for this grammar (宛ら), but it is usually written in hiragana.

For #5509, "Avoiding the main issue" is the only translation I can come up with for お茶を濁す that doesn't sound awkward. Any better ideas?

blabby

Something like "muddle along" may be?

bamboo4