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A. conj

• 1 comme as you know = comme vous le savez as usual = comme d'habitude do as I say = fais ce que je te dis leave it as it is = laisse-le tel quel as she was coming down the stairs = comme elle descendait l'escalier as she grew older = au fur et à mesure qu'elle vieillissait as a child, he… = (quand il était) enfant, il...

• 2 (because, since) comme, puisque as you were out, I left a note = comme or puisque tu étais sorti, j'ai laissé un petit mot

• 3 (although) strange as it may seem = aussi curieux que cela puisse paraître try as he might, he could not forget it = il avait beau essayer, il ne pouvait pas oublier

• 4the same…as = le/la même…que I've got a jacket the same as yours = j'ai la même veste que toi

• 5so as to do = pour faire, afin de faire

B. prep

• comme, en dressed as a sailor = habillé/-e en marin he works as a pilot = il travaille comme pilote a job as a teacher = un poste d'enseignant/-e to treat sb as an equal = traiter qn en égal

C. adv

• (in comparisons) he is as intelligent as you = il est aussi intelligent que toi as fast as you can = aussi vite que possible he's twice as strong as me = il est deux fois plus fort que moi I have as much or as many as she has = j'en ai autant qu'elle as much as possible = autant que possible as little as possible = le moins possible as soon as possible = dès que possible he has a house in Nice as well as an apartment in Paris = il a une maison à Nice ainsi qu'un appartement à Paris

D. phr

• quant à, pour ce qui est de

E. phr

• à partir de

F. phr

• comme (si) it looks as if we've lost = on dirait que nous avons perdu

G. phr

• du moment que (+ indicative) pourvu que (+ subjunctive)

H. phr

• en tant que tel