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bad
Adjective
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If something is bad, it is not good.
The man who killed his wife was very bad.
Skipping school is a bad thing to do.
Debts can go bad when a debtor has gone bankrupt.
Could things get any worse than this?
This is the worst time I've had all year!
as
Preposition
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal.
As you know, we need more workers.
I baked the cake as my mother used to.
The room looks just as it did when I was a child.
The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful.
Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it.
He was as big as a mountain.
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A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time.
Just as I went out, it started to rain.
We sleep as the world turns in darkness.
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A word that is used to show why something happens.
As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.
as
Adverb
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal. (Used before adjectives)
You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall.
This is not as good as it was last time.
old
Adjective
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If someone or something is old, they are not young; they have been in existence for a long time.
An old man has gray hair.
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How old someone is, is their age.
"Ashley, how old are you?" "I'm only 16 years old."
system
Noun
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A group of things that work together; a way of doing something.
This coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.