Locution anglaise du jour

Définitions

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as though
1. conj. Comme si.
He did as though he didn't know me.
Il a fait comme s'il ne me reconnaissait pas.
anglais > anglais
as though
1. conj. As to suggest the idea that; as if, as would be true if.
I felt sick, as though I'd just eaten a dozen bad oysters.
She reached out, as though to touch my face.
Analyse
as
1. v. Aussi. (usage) Suivi par un adjectif ou un adverbe, et très souvent utilisé avec la préposition as (« que »).
You are as tall as me.
Tu es aussi grand que moi.
2. conj. Comme, quand, lorsque, pendant que.
He acts as all the others of his clan act.
though
1. v. Néanmoins.
2. conj. Malgré, bien que, cependant, en dépit de.

Exemples de phrases

Why is she behaving as though you are.  It looks as though it will pass muster.  Trying to make it appear as though the subject matter fits, but really just crushing it beyond recognition.  Do you hear that sound in the distance, as though a music echoing?  A crash of glass, off left, as though they had breached the building.

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