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> 以前にはなかった、私へのちょっとした好奇心のようなものがあるような気がして、私は胸を高鳴らせた。
>
> _Unlike before, having a feeling that there is a slight curiosity towards
> me, my heart throbs_

_Speaking is currently being teased by a girl._

Feels excessively wordy to me, what the difference between 好奇心のような気がして vs
好奇心のようなものがあるような気がして ?

> ＧＰＳ機能が、どうにかなってしまったとでもいうのだろうか
>
> The gps functions (of the phone) , let's say it somehow became like this. ??

Speaker is lost in a forest, and his gps on his phone isn't working.

Really not sure about this one.

Thank you
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Interpretation of "～のようなものがある" and "どうにかなってしまった"
> 好奇心の **ようなものがあるような気がして**
>
> どうにかなってしまった **とでもいうのだろうか**
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> Feels excessively wordy to me, what the difference between 好奇心のような気がして vs

Two totally different expressions, but you felt something is common between
the two. That is probably 'excessively wordy.'

These are subjective expressions. They are not likely to appear in formal
objective writings.

> the difference between 好奇心のような気がして vs
>

>> 以前にはなかった、私へのちょっとした好奇心のようなものがあるような気がして、私は胸を高鳴らせた。

The core of the statement is 好奇心がある気がする, but our grammar allows us to _express
our feelings more accurately_ , just as we feel it.

The speaker is not sure yet if it's really 好奇心, but so far it's just
ちょっとした好奇心のようなもの.

The speaker is also not sure if it's really there, so the expression becomes
あるような気がする.

There might be really not much there yet, and the speaker is either or both
expecting too much from nothing or being overly cautious.

The other one should be actually enough if it's どうにかなってしまったのだろうか, but
expressing it as とでもいうのだろうか is a style issue. One might enjoy reading it, the
other might stop reading it.

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[Replying to additional question]

> i'm actually more curious about the "どうにかなってしまった

If it's どうにかなった, it becomes less clear; it can also mean a good news.  
If it's どうにかなったとでもいうのだろうか, it could also mean that the problem at issue might
have been resolved on the contrary to the speaker's expectation.

If you want to know the structure of it in detail, then I think it needs a
separate thread.
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