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English word

as

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /əz/US /əz/
adverb

used when you are comparing two people or things, or two situations

conjunction

while something else is happening

preposition

used to describe somebody/something appearing to be somebody/something else

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Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022) video example

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So if you look forward 30 years, you know, the year 2050 has been labeled by scientists as this kind of almost like this doomsday deadline on climate.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)

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Many of you will have a lot in common with our next speaker, as he started out as a game developer himself.

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I'll try to make this as interesting as possible.

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