I. conjunction
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
feel as if/as though
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When his dad left, he felt as though his world had turned upside-down.
feel as if/as though
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My leg feels as if it’s broken.
it looks as if/as though/like (= it seems likely that )
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It looks as if it might rain later.
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It looks like they won’t be needing us any more.
look as if/as though/like
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He looked as if he hadn’t washed for a week.
sail though an exam (= pass it easily )
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Don’t worry - I'm sure you’ll sail through all your exams.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as if .../as though ...
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Brian shook his head as if to say "don't trust her."
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It sounds as though she's been really sick.
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Joe always sounds as if he's drunk.
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Mandy felt as if they were all against her.
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You look as if you're having a good time.
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You make it seem as if you're being overworked.
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All of them stared at him intently, as though trying to understand something.
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Blank-faced, she looked as though she had been drained of all sensation.
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Everyone's looking as though it's wonderful but it's a din!
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He worked to dispel his doubts about his friend as though to pass another test, like his ordeal in the park.
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I felt as though I were plunging into something new and quite abnormal.
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It was as though some one had burgled my heart and taken away something that meant a great deal to me.
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It was as though there were only seven loaves and seven fishes.
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She cried then, and went on crying for a week, mourning Fanshawe as though he were dead.
as if/as though/like you own the place
even though
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I still look fat, even though I've been exercising fairly regularly.
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A fact is retrieved by providing the address, even though there is no particular relationship between the fact and the address.
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And all this was enacted even though state biologists had advised against the measures.
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On the contrary, they had refrained from acting earlier even though they knew of the slaughter.
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One day, Cyprian called for new elections for steward, even though the old terms had not expired.
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The bank reported fourth-quarter results that were in line with estimates, even though net income rose only 1 percent.
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They like him even though he rarely has anything to say to them, directly or through the media.
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This loss is not renewed overnight, even though the barricades are now down.
for all the world as if/as though/like
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Though she was no more than twenty-two, she was already a highly successful businesswoman.
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I guess he'd been drinking, though I wasn't completely sure of that.
II. adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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George did say one nice thing, though .
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I think she's Swiss. I'm not sure though .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First time theme of picture excited me though .
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I knew it was a variety of good news, though .
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I should steer clear of the throw-it-all-in-a-pot philosophy, though .
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She wasn't in the least bit hungry though .
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There is this terrible guilt, though .