āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āϝāϤāĻāĻž
to the same extent or degree, used in comparisons to show equality or intensity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Try to stay as quiet as possible during the presentation.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āύā§āĻā§āĻļāύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āϝāϤāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
1.1
āϝāϤāĻāĻž, āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ
to a stated amount or number, used to stress or specify how large or significant a quantity is
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gained as many as fifteen pounds over the holidays.
āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāύā§āϰ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻāύā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§, āϝā§āĻŽāύ
used to introduce specific instances of a general category
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Languages, as French and Spanish, share common roots.
āĻāĻžāώāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ, āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻĢāϰāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāĻļ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01
āϝā§āĻŽāύ, āϝāĻāύ
used to say that something is happening at the same time with another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the train arrived, the passengers hurried to get on board.
āϝāĻāύ āĻā§āϰā§āύāĻāĻŋ āĻāϏ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāϞ, āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻ āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ
used to give a reason for something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They canceled the game as it was raining heavily.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āϝā§āĻŽāύ
used to describe how something is done by comparison
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They danced as they had in their youth.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻžāĻāϤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϝā§āĻŦāύ⧠āύāĻžāĻāϤāĨ¤
3.1
āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§
used to introduce an explanatory or clarifying remark
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As you know, he's not one to give up easily.
āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύā§āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
04
āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ, āϤāĻž āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ
used to introduce a contrast or contradiction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Cold as it was, they went swimming.
āϝāϤ āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻšā§āĻ āύāĻž āĻā§āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āϝā§āύ, āĻŽāϤ
used to describe an imagined or unreal situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He stared at me as I were invisible.
āϏ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāϞ āϝā§āύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ
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01
āϝā§āĻŽāύ, āĻŽāϤ
used to show that a person or thing looks like someone or something else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child 's eyes shone, bright as stars.
02
āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§, āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
used to describe the role, position, or function that a person or thing has
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The news spread as a rumor at first.
āĻāĻŦāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĨ¤
03
āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§, āϰā§āĻĒā§
used to describe a person during a specific time in their life
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He worked on the farm as a boy.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤā§āύāĨ¤
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