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conj

• 1 a (when, while) cuando as she was eating breakfast … = cuando or mientras tomaba el desayuno … b (indicating progression) a medida que as the date drew closer, … = a medida que se acercaba la fecha, …

• 2 (because, since) como

• 3 (though) try as he might, he could not open it = por más que trató, no pudo abrirlo strange as it may seem = por extraño que parezca

• 4 (in accordance with) como as I was saying = como iba diciendo

• 5 a (in the way that) como do as I say = haz lo que te digo I'm only interested in the changes as they affect me = solo me interesan los cambios en la medida en que me afectan a mí b (in phrases)

  as it is

  we've got too much work as it is = ya tenemos demasiado trabajo as it were = por así decirlo

• 6 (in comparisons of equal degree) as … as = tan … como there weren't as many people as last time = no había tanta gente como la última vez

• 7as if/as though = como si (+ subj)