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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "as"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϝāϤāϟāĻž

to the same extent or degree, used in comparisons to show equality or intensity
as definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Try to stay as quiet as possible during the presentation.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ āϚāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āϝāϤāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
1.1

āϝāϤāϟāĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ

to a stated amount or number, used to stress or specify how large or significant a quantity is
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gained as many as fifteen pounds over the holidays.
āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāύ⧇āϰ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ

used to introduce specific instances of a general category
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Languages, as French and Spanish, share common roots.
āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĢāϰāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāĻļ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01

āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ, āϝāĻ–āύ

used to say that something is happening at the same time with another
as definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the train arrived, the passengers hurried to get on board.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāϟāĻŋ āĻāϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϞ, āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϰāĻž āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ

used to give a reason for something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They canceled the game as it was raining heavily.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ

used to describe how something is done by comparison
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They danced as they had in their youth.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻžāϚāϤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧌āĻŦāύ⧇ āύāĻžāϚāϤāĨ¤
3.1

āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇

used to introduce an explanatory or clarifying remark
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As you know, he's not one to give up easily.
āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻšāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“, āϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“

used to introduce a contrast or contradiction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Cold as it was, they went swimming.
āϝāϤ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāχ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āύāĻž āϕ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϟāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āϝ⧇āύ, āĻŽāϤ

used to describe an imagined or unreal situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He stared at me as I were invisible.
āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϝ⧇āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
01

āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ, āĻŽāϤ

used to show that a person or thing looks like someone or something else
as definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child 's eyes shone, bright as stars.
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āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇, āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ

used to describe the role, position, or function that a person or thing has
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The news spread as a rumor at first.
āĻ–āĻŦāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇, āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇

used to describe a person during a specific time in their life
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He worked on the farm as a boy.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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