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| =====Idioms and expressions with 'as' and 'like'===== | =====Idioms and expressions with 'as' and 'like'===== |
| <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>This isn't my ideal job but I <u>might/may as well</u> stay here till I find something better. [easiest or most logical action]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>She loves her new dog; it's her baby, <u>as it were</u>. [the speaker gives their impression]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>My office needs to be totally redecorated and <u>as for</u> the air conditioning, I need to call in a technician. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[to introduce someone or something into a conversation]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>He works <u>like a dog</u> to earn enough money for his studies. [works really hard]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>What is she like</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>? She's put her socks in the fridge again! [Informal, conversational in</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial", |