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DefinitionofasconjunctionfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary

as

conjunction

strongform

1whilesomethingelseishappening
Hesatwatchingherasshegotready.
Asshegrewoldershegainedinconfidence.
2inthewayinwhich
TheydidasIhadasked.
Leavethepapersastheyare.
Shelostit,justasIsaidshewould.
3usedtostatethereasonforsomething
Asyouwereout,Ileftamessage.
Shemayneedsomehelpasshe'snew.

4usedtomakeacommentortoaddinformationaboutwhatyouhavejustsaid
Asyouknow,Juliaisleavingsoon.
She'sverytall,asishermother.
5usedtosaythatinspiteofsomethingbeingtrue,whatfollowsisalsotrue
synonymTHOUGH

Happyastheywere,therewassomethingmissing.
Tryashemight(=howeverhardhetried),hecouldn'topenthedoor.

IDIOMS
asagainstsomething
incontrastwithsomething
Theygot27%ofthevoteasagainst32%atthelastelection.
asandwhen
usedtosaythatsomethingmayhappenatsometimeinthefuture,butonlywhen
somethingelsehashappened
We'lldecideontheteamasandwhenwequalify.
I'lltellyoumoreasandwhen(=assoonasIcan).
asforsomebody/something
usedtostarttalkingaboutsomebody/something
synonymREGARDING

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AsforJo,she'sdoingfine.
Asforfoodfortheparty,that'sallbeingtakencareof.
asfrom/asof
usedtoshowthetimeordatefromwhichsomethingstarts
OurfaxnumberischangingasfromMay12.
asif/asthough
inawaythatsuggestssomething
Hebehavedasifnothinghadhappened.
Itsoundsasthoughyouhadagoodtime.
It'smybirthday.Asifyoudidn'tknow!
Don'tsayanything.AsifIwould! (=surelyyoudonotexpectmeto)
asitis
consideringthepresentsituationasthingsare
Wewerehopingtofinishitbynextweekasitis,itmaybetheweekafter.
Ican'thelpI'vegottoomuchtodoasitis(=already).
asitwere
usedwhenaspeakerisgivinghisorherownimpressionofasituationorexpressing
somethinginaparticularway
Teachersmustputthebrakeson,asitwere,whentheynoticestudentslookingpuzzled.
astosomething |asregardssomething
usedwhenyouarereferringtosomething
Astotax,thatwillbedeductedfromyoursalary.
asyoudo
usedasacommentonsomethingthatyouhavejustsaid
HesmiledandIsmiledback.Asyoudo.
moreataswell atWELL,asyetatYET

Usagenote:process
Describingaprocess
Thisdiagramillustratestheprocessofpapermaking./Thisdiagramshowshow
paperismade.
First/Firstofall,logsaredeliveredtoapapermill,wherethebarkisremovedandthe
woodiscutintosmallchips.
Next/Second,thewoodchipsarepulped,eitherusingchemicalsorinapulping
machine.
Pulpingbreaksdowntheinternalstructureofthewoodandenables/allowsthe
naturaloilstoberemoved.
Once/Afterthewoodhasbeenpulped,thepulpisbleachedinordertoremove
impurities./isbleachedsothatimpuritiescanberemoved.
Thenextstageistofeedthepulpintothepapermachine,whereitismixedwith
waterandthenpouredontoawireconveyorbelt.
Asthepulptravelsalongtheconveyorbelt,thewaterdrainsaway.Thiscausesthe
solidmaterialtosinktothebottom,formingalayerofpaper.
Atthispointthenewpaperisstillwet,soitispassedbetweenlargeheatedrollers,
whichpressouttheremainingwaterandsimultaneouslydrythepaper./drythe
paperatthesametime.
Thefinalstageistowindthepaperontolargerolls./Finally,thepaperiswound
ontolargerolls.
notesatFIRSTLY,LASTLY
LanguageBanksatCONCLUSION,FIRST

Usagenote:as/like
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Youcanusebothasandliketosaythatthingsaresimilar.
Likeisaprepositionandisusedbeforenounsandpronouns:Hehasblueeyeslikeme.
Asisaconjunctionandanadverbandisusedbeforeaclause,anotheradverbora
clausebeginningwithapreposition:Sheenjoysallkindsofmusic,asIdo.Repeat
thesefivesteps,asinthelastexercise.
IninformalEnglishlikeisfrequentlyusedasaconjunctionoranadverbinsteadof
as:NobodyunderstandshimlikeIdo.Idontwanttoupsethimagainlikebefore.It
isalsousedinsteadofasif:Itlookslikeweregoingtobelate.Theseusesoflikeare
commonbutarenotconsideredcorrectinformalwrittenEnglish.
Youwillfindmorehelpontheuseofasandlikeintheentriesforparticularverbs,
suchasact,behave,etc.

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