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It's my birthday. As if you didn't know! ☊ as if/as though ☊
My birthday's still a fair way off (= it's still a long time until my birthday). ☊ fair ☊
She gave me a watch for my birthday. ☊ for ☊
My birthday is very near Christmas. ☊ near ☊
It's my birthday a week on Tuesday. ☊ a week next/on/this Monday, etc., a week tomorrow, etc. ☊