Hi, amy. I did the best I could translating your sentence into English. I've listed a few slightly different ways of saying it for variety's sake. He stopped and stared (over there), as if glued to the spot. 括弧の中は省略可能です。 He stopped and stared “into the distance”, as if nailed to the spot. “”の中の部分は、書き言葉的で「そっち」の意味を表せる言い回しです。as if nailed to the spotというのは直訳みたいですけど、なぜか自然な表現になりうります。 He stopped and started to stare, as if (he were) glued to the spot. どいうわけか start to / begin to stare atはとても自然です。 He “came to a halt” and began to stare, as if he were nailed to the spot. come to a haltも書きことばです（come to a stopとも言えます）。ところで、as ifの後ろの部分は、想像力によってつくられるものだと思いますが、上で述べた例で、（私には）最も典型的な言い方だけは書きました。 You can also add in what he was staring at directly before the comma. Also, the subject you intended to speak about may not be a 'he' at all, so change away if need be! Anyway, best of luck. I hope I could help. 私の書いた日本語は間違いだらけで許してください。DX ―Joel