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1. as Preposition

(a) (=like, in the same way as) comme; do ~ I do faites comme moi; ~ you know/can see comme vous le savez/voyez
(b) (in comparisons) ~ tall/high ~ ... aussi grand/haut que ...; not ~ tall ~ ... pas si (or) aussi grand que ...; he isn't ~ tall ~ me il n'est pas aussi grand que moi; ~ well aussi, également; ~ far ~ ... (in comparing location of too places) aussi loin que ...; (in describing how far something has travelled) jusqu'à ..., jusqu'en ..., jusque dans ...; ~ far ~ I know (pour) autant que je sache; ~ far ~ I remember (pour) autant que je m'en revienne; ~ many (as) autant (que); not ~ many (as) pas autant (que), pas tant (que)
(c) (showing manner in which something behaves, acts, works) en ( adjective, noun), comme, en tant que ( noun)

2. as Complementiser

so ~ to do sth pour faire qch, afin de faire qch

3. as Preposition

(a) (taking a clause: =whilst, at the moment that) au moment où, à l'instant où; just ~ I was leaving à l'instant où je partais; (just) ~ I was about to leave (juste) au moment où j'allais partir, à l'instant (même) où j'allais partir
(b) (=because, since) puisque, comme (in middle of sentence)

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