CONJUNTIONS BOOK

COORDINATORS (Coordinating conjunctions)

https://www.southeastern.edu/acad_research/programs/writing_center/handouts/pdf_handouts/commonconjunctions.pdf

A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects parts of a sentence.

Coordinating conjunctions coordinate or join two or more sentences, main clauses, words, or other parts of speech which are of the same syntactic importance. Also known as coordinators, coordinating conjunctions are used to give equal emphasis to a pair of main clauses. When we use coordinating conjunctions to combine independent clauses in a sentence, each clause is equal in importance.

1. Coordinating conjunctions (Fanboys) They all have fewer than four letters. Be careful of the words then and now; neither is a coordinating conjunction, so what we say about coordinating conjunctions' roles in a sentence and punctuation does not apply to those two words.

                   

FOR

Do not squander time, FOR that's the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

If you love life, don't waste time, FOR time is what life is made up of. Bruce Lee.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, FOR I have seen yesterday and I love today! 

I have had my share of brawls (fist-fights), FOR I am someone who takes a stand.

Who am I? Not the body, because it's decaying; not the mind, nor the emotions, FOR these also will vanish with death.

AND

It's understandable AND almost touching that we should expect our partners to unders-tand us without us having explained what's up.

The most expensive thing in the world is trust. It can take years to earn AND a matter of seconds to lose.

Treat AND talk to people the way you want to be treated.

Einstein developed a theory about space, AND it was about time too. (commenting, make remarks, give an opinion)

Being in a good relationship is better than being single AND being single is a thousand times better than being in a toxic relationship.

I am basically, intrinsically AND irresistibly a Democrat, John Steinbeck

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
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Life is 10% what happens to you AND 90% how you react to it. 

Saying is one thing AND doing another.

Cease to hope … AND you will cease to fear. Seneca. (Result)

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning AND goes to bed at night AND in between (he) does what he wants to do. Bob Dylan.

** 1. (n). an intermediate thing: successes, failures and in-betweens. 2 (adj). middle: He knows quite a lot of French, but he's at an in-between stage AND not fluent yet.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, AND do what you'd rather not. Mark Twain.

I remember trying to save money, for a day or two, AND quickly (me) losing interest. 

I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older AND now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger. Ricky Schroder.

I started my career at the top AND have been working my way downwards ever since.
 
Do what you want AND say what you feel because those who mind don't matter AND those who matter don't mind.

Never complain, (AND) never explain.  Benjamin Disraeli.

Never explain yourself. Your friends don't need it AND your enemies won't believe it.

Start every day off with a smile AND get it over with.

Live fast, die young, (AND) leave a good looking corpse. James Dean 

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive AND will come forth later in uglier ways. Sigmund Freud. (appear, emerge, develop, grow) 

I hear AND I forget. I see AND I remember. I do AND I understand. Confucius (result)

We can have absolutely no idea who we will be if AND when tragedy strikes.

Yes, peace can AND must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of W.W. III.

There are many times when I could have AND should have thrown the towel in.

Growing up, my mates AND I would have rather been members of the Royal Family. 

It's easy for women to say they don't understand AND ask a man for help. As the saying goes, boys play with toys, and girls play with boys. 

Character is always my driving force. AND to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read.

I'm short AND to the point. Shaquille O'Neal (rude, antisocial, mean)

I'm short and to the point. Shaquille O'Neal
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I don't fuck around with titles. I come up with them immediately AND then don't ever think about changing them.
* mess around with sth: inf. (be frivolous, unproductive, tontear, perder el tiempo.

I belong nowhere AND to no one.

I belong nowhere and to no one.
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Binomials with "and"

again and again (over and over, repeatedly), by and large, down and out, high and dry (abandoned), high and low (everywhere), highs and lows, give and take (make concessions, cooperation), likes and dislikes (preferences), live and learn, on and off (off and on, (every) once in a while, every so often, (every) now and then/again, from time to time, occasionally, intermittently, on and on (an on), loud and clear, out-and-out (downright, complete or in every way: that's an out-and-out lie, an out-and-out disaster, over and over (again), peace and quiet (tranquillity), pros and cons (advantages and disadvantages), scream and shout: (It's) nothing to scream and shout about: neither here nor there), ups and downs (inf. good and bad experiences, troubles, altibajos)

By and large, women can bear / handle pain better than men, a new study suggests. And it all comes down to how the sexes remember their past agony differently.

Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.
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Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway. (cooperation)

I know that there's pros and cons to everything; Netflix, like life, has its pros and cons; I think everything has its own pros and cons.

I think everything has its own pros and cons
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In life, you have ups and downs, but you should never give up. You should always try to get ahead. 

The pros and cons of social networking: A look at the ups and downs of being so digitally connected to people.  

Life is full of ups and downs. And life would not be worth experiencing if it weren't just that.

There's no getting away from the fact that life is full of ups and downs, as well as twists and turns 

We all relate to having highs and lows. Everyone gets depressed. 
* identify with, empathize with, understand.

A mood disorder is dangerous. You've got to get those dramatic waves / series of highs and lows stabilized. It's dangerous if you don't.

A mood disorder is dangerous. You've got to get those dramatic waves of highs and lows stabilized. It's dangerous if you don't.
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Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm not.

I have regrets, but you live and learn
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I have regrets, but you live and learn; As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

I don't believe there's two sides to every story. It's black and white. There's right and wrong.
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I was stabbed when I was 17. It was touch and go, and my lung collapsed, and I was in hospital for five days. It is part of my back story. (background information)

Please don't leave me high and dry again! Just let me know when you're leaving next time.
 
Wait and see: wait in order to see (what happens): 
1. (v): I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see (what happens). 
2. (adj): I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D. Christopher Nolan.

I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.
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Trinomials with "and"

I told her we’d bought a yacht and she fell for it (believed it), hook line and sinker. (completely): if someone tries to trick you and you believe their story completely without even suspecting there could be something wrong,
* 1. fall in love with; 2. be deceived / fooled by (sth), be taken in by, believe, trust.

We spoke about this, that, and the other. (about all kinds of things, without there being any structure or order to what we were talking about).

I’m ready, willing and able, just call me when you need me.

Julie, it’s a great gym. They have a pool, sauna, massage, everything. It’ll be good for your mind, body and soul.”

Sex, drugs and rock'n' roll: The Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science.
(book by Zoe Cormier)

Expressions (Idioms)

I'm a storyteller, for better and for worse. (no matter what happens, whether good or bad things happen, para bien o para mal. See "for better or (for) worse")

Other uses

1. In order to: To have faith is to lose your mind and to win God. (To have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God). Søren Kierkegaard

2. Commenting and adding information, developing an argument or point of view:
Einstein developed a theory about space, and it was about time too.
I was born in high heels and have worn them ever since.

3. As a result:  Stand over there and you'll be able to see it better.

4. Used to express surprise: You're a vegetarian and you eat fish?

5. After that, then: I got dressed and had my breakfast.

6. To join two words that are the same, (it makes their meaning stronger):  
She spends hours and hours (a very long time) on the phone; The sound grew louder and louder (very loud); We laughed and laughed (laughed a lot).

Idioms

... and so on (and so forth): in addition to other things of the same kind: My mother is my manager and so knows exactly what I do and so on.

AND (THEN)

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, AND THEN success is sure. 
Mark Twain

NOR

Happiness doesn't come from being rich, NOR merely from being successful in your career, NOR by self-indulgence. (self-gratification, self-discipline, self-control, self-restraint, self-mastery, pleasure-seeking, hedonism, lack of self-restraint, strength of will, will power.

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause NOR invention without necessity. 

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own laws, she has no effect without cause NOR invention without necessity. Leonardo da Vinci.

Who am I? Not the body, because it's decaying; not the mind, NOR the emotions, for these also will vanish / perish with death.

BUT (YET)

Life is really simple, BUT we insist on making it complicated.

I used to be indecisive BUT now I am not quite / so sure.

Worrying / Worry is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do BUT it doesn't get you anywhere /  ... BUT doesn't get you anywhere / ... BUT gets you nowhere.

I may not be there yet, BUT I'm closer than I was yesterday.

The reasons for learning a second language can be endless BUT the secret to success /  to being successful is in motivation / being motivated. 

You can't help getting older, BUT you don't have to get old.

I always arrive late at the office, BUT I make up for it by leaving early. 

I can't accept failure, everyone fails at sth, BUT what I can't accept is not trying. L. James.

A fool think himself to be wise, BUT a wise man knows himself to be a fool; A fool thinks of himself as being wise, (BUT) a wiseman knows himself to be a fool. Shakespeare 

(You) know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, BUT pretty soon...everything's different. (in the near future, en poco tiempo)

I don't hate accents BUT I get annoyed when I have to hear someone with a rather strong accent talk for a while.

I may be old, BUT / YET I can still ride a bike (yet)

Tough times never last, BUT tough people do.

It's lonely at the top, BUT you do eat better. (stress in "DO")

I was constantly reading, BUT not the things that were assigned.

I'm tired, BUT proud.

Trust, BUT verify.

Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain, BUT (remember), you can't have a / the rainbow without (having) a little rain.

Every man desires to live long, BUT no man wishes to be old. Jonathan Swift.

Marriage has many pains, BUT celibacy has no pleasures. Samuel Johnson

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. BUT a lack of empathy isn't. 

Old people are often impatient, but for what?  (ellision)

Love's a disease. But (it is) curable. (ellision)

There are many times when I think I would have rather died with my husband. It would have been pleasanter, simpler. BUT it would have been worse for the children and the family in general.

Used as "on the contrary" (conjunction, sino) 

I asked not for a salad but for soup. 

He's not a violinist but a cellist.



Other uses of "but"

Used as a preposition (followed by a noun/pronoun): except for

I can resist everything but / except temptation.

I Swear To Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth. So Help Me God.  

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone BUT himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

There was nothing good on TV, but nothing! (used as a intensifier)

Everything changes but change.
 
Nothing is permanent / constant but change.

There is no remedy for love but to love more. Henry David Thoreau.

 
(NOTHING) BUT. (only, no es sino)
 
There's been nothing but trouble since the Republicans came into power.

The world is nothing but change. 

The sun is but a morning star. (H. D. Thoreau)

Used as an adverb (Only) 

She is but a child (only)


Life is but a moment, death also is but another.

Life is but thought. 

Vanity is but the surface. Blaise Pascal
  

BUT RATHER 

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. Simone de Beauvoir

BUT FOR: 1. except for sth: The work was now complete, but for a final coat of paint. 2.  if something else or someone had not prevented it.

Lee would certainly have been included in the team, but for his recent injury.

I would travel more but for / except for lack of money.(if it were not for)

I would never have won but for your help (were it not)

CANNOT (HELP) BUT: to have no choice except to do something

You cannot help but like her.

As I look back over my career, I cannot but smile.

I cannot but agree with what you say (otherwise than)


BUT NOTHING (for emphasis)

There was nothing good on TV, but nothing! 

BUTS (as noun)


You're going to bed now, and I don't want to hear any buts! 

No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K.


BUT NOT ...

My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
Expressions

but then (again):  but when you think about the matter more or in another way: 
I agree she types accurately, but then again, she's very slow.

Spoken: 
1. Replying to someone to show strong feelings such as anger, surprise, etc:
But that's marvellous news!; But how stupid! 
2. Used with disagreeing with so: It was a good idea, but it didn't work. 
3. As an intensifier, to emphasize a word or statement: Everyone, but everyone is coming; They are rich, but I mean rich; there's nothing on TV, but nothing! 
4. To change the subject of conversation: But tell me, are you planing to retire? 
5. After expressions such as "excuse me" and "I'm sorry": Excuse me, but I'm afraid this is (a) no smoking area.

OR

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her, OR she'll take it anyway.

I remember trying to save money, for a day OR two, and quickly (me) losing interest.

To me, working out is literally like eating a meal OR drinking water OR breathing. H. Swank. 

The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life OR better to endure it. Samuel Johnson (inverted word order, inversion for emphasis)

It is perfectly normal to feel alone, OR to have a fear of being alone, but the most important thing to remember is that you are not alone.

Always go to other people's funerals, OR (else) they won't go to yours. 

* or else is a phrasal conjunction. (otherwise)

Everything starts with one step, OR one brick, OR one word OR one day.

I'm not for OR against video - OR any medium OR style, for that matter.

I don't follow waves OR trends OR emotions. 

There's no right OR wrong, success OR failure.

If you think you can do a thing OR think you can't do a thing, you're right. H. Ford.

I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, OR songs about annoying things that I sing to myself, OR to friends while sitting at a bar, OR about Christmas or New York.

Binomials with "or"

I'm an all-or-nothing person. I'm kind of an all-or-nothing kind of guy. 

Love comes quicly; whatever you do, you can't stop falling. Sooner or later, this happens to everyone (Pet shop boys)

I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you. Rita Moreno.

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important. 

1. (as a verb): The soundtrack can make or break a production. (be the factor which decides whether (something) will succeed or fail).

2. (as an adjective): a make-or-break decision. (bringing either total success or total failure, and therefore very important)

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house. (whatever the weather, under any / no cincumstances: llueva o truene)

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.
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Trinomials with "or"

No ifs, ands, or buts is a phrase that is often used when expressing that one is certain of something. ... The expression no ifs, ands or buts is often used as a warning that the speaker will not accept any excuses from the listener for not accomplishing a task. (423.000)

I'm handsome, no ands, buts or ifs. (6.600)

Idioms

for better or (for) worse: If you do something for better or (for) worse, you accept the bad results of the action as well as the good ones:
Anyway, for better or for worse, I followed her advice.  

YET

I say I like to be alone, YET I am always surrounded by people.

I'm not, like, Brad Pitt. YET, I will get there !
  
Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, YET it is also synonymous with servanthood.

SO

I love what I do, SO I don't mind working.

I'm a Gemini, SO I change my mind every day. Natalie Portman

I'm lucky. I have a high metabolism, SO I pretty much eat anything and everything. 

I grew up as an only child, SO I like being by myself.

I'm a workaholic, SO I read everything that's out there.

I come from a very dysfunctional family, SO I was comfortable in misery.

I don't have television SO I don't watch TV.

I'm a creative person, SO I have to stay busy.

I'm an actor, SO I like costumes. 

I was a teenager in '95, SO I didn't dress like a woman then. I was really small. I remember wishing I wasn't wearing Gap Kids 

Grammar points about coordinators

As conjunctions, but and yet are interchangeable. One is often substituted for the other to avoid repetition, as in this sentence:

Many, many people here share these thoughts, yet nobody can say anything. But I’m saying something.

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                    SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
                              (Subordinators)                                                 

The difference between conjunctions in this list and FANBOYS is expressed in the words coordinating and subordinating. To coordinate is to bring things into balance or equality. To subordinate is to make less important.

AFTER

Structures 

It's only after we've lost everything THAT we're free to do anything. (the fight club)

ALTHOUGH

I am always ready to learn ALTHOUGH I do not always like being taught.

ALTHOUGH the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

I am not a fussy eater, ALTHOUGH I do enjoy good food. (stress in "DO" for emphasis). 
* fussy: hard to satisfy / please. (usa: picky eater): dislikes many foods (exacting, demanding)

ALTHOUGH life may seem miserable, meaningless, unpleasant, worthless and tough right now / sometimes, this is only true for those who accept it!

ALTHOUGH life is full of ups and downs that surprise us, remember that no matter where you are today, or the decisions you made yesterday, there's nothing to be anxious about.

I'm not someone who throws the towel in, ALTHOUGH I think there are many times when I could have and should have thrown the towel in, and nobody would have thought any worse of me

AS
(conjunction: like, since / because, while, though)

Do AS I say, not AS I do ("like" in informal sentences, the way I,  in the same manner as, lo que)

A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things AS they are, and not AS they ought to be. Ambrose Bierce. (unprincipled scoundrel, granuja). (like)

In great affairs men show themselves AS they wish to be seen, in small things they show themselves as they are. Nicolas Chamfort (like)

Treat people AS they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming, Goethe. (like)

Flatterers look like friends AS wolves (look) like dogs.

AS I was always the youngest, I had to fight for everything (since, because)

I didn't really have a favourite subject at school AS I was useless at everything. (since, because) 

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. AS you grow older it will avoid you. (while, when)

AS I've gotten older, I've come to realize how important it is to vary your workouts. (while, when)

Being taken seriously AS (1) a young woman is the biggest hurdle AS (2) I grow older. 
AS (1) : preposition: while being, when (ex. as a teacher); AS (2) : conjuction: while (ex. as I was climbing the ladder, mientras)

Tired AS I was, I carried on working till the sun came up. ((al)though).


Other uses
Preposition: They worked like slaves, (the way the do it) vs I worked as a waitress (I was)
 
As a preposition (while being sth, function): As a teacher in a deprived area, I had worked with a lot of troubled youngsters. (underprivileged, lacking, deprimid)

As a preposition (function, como): Stve and I work well as a team.
Life is given us as a passion


As a pronoun (while being, function)

As a teacher in a deprived area, Jenna had worked with a lot of troubled youngsters. (function)

I think of myself (AS) a great teacher. (I consider myself to be).

I can only speak AS a married man without children. (like, the way they do it)

As a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us

Expressions

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

As for discipline and rules, I must say I am not very good with either.

As the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day; that doesn't mean you should run out and buy one.
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As the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day; that doesn't mean you should run out and buy one. 

As the saying goes, no pain no gain. (the way, like)  

Being taken seriously as a young woman is the biggest hurdle as I grow older.
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     AS IF / AS THOUGH (like)

We use as if and as though to talk about an imaginary situation or a situation that may not be true but that is likely or possible. As if is more common than as though: The floods were rising and it was as if it was the end of the world. It looks as if they've had a shock.

(Son conjunciones que van seguidas de un sujeto + verb, a su vez serán seguidas de el presente simple o el presente perfecto cuando nos referimos a algo que es posible.

Ejemplo: It looks as if it’s going to rain

Maria looks as if she has just eaten a cow!

Cuando nos referimos a algo improbable o imaginario serán seguidas del pasado

Ejemplo: He looks as if he had seen a vampire

En inglés coloquial hablado se utiliza "like" en vez de estas palabras, así por ejemplo se puede decir:

You look as if you are happy or You look like you are happy

 

Live AS IF you were to die tomorrow. Learn AS IF you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi 

Study AS IF you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Dream AS IF you'll live forever, live AS IF you'll die today.

Live AS IF you will / would / were (going to) / are to die tomorrow and dream / learn AS IF you will / would / were (going) to / are to live forever.

If you fear being alone you may become over needy of other people and feel AS IF you must be around people at all times.

Sometimes, it will seem AS IF you'll never find the way, but you have to keep going.

Other uses

"As if" can be a conjunction, an exclamation, and slang!
As if I gave a shit (if you guys want to come or not!

AS LONG AS 
(Provided, providing that)

AS LONG AS you love me. ("Take that" song)

A man can be happy with any woman AS LONG AS he does not love her. Oscar Wilde.

It does not matter how slowly you go AS LONG AS you do not stop. Confucius 

I don't mind living in a man's world, AS LONG AS I can be a woman in it. Marilyn Monroe

AS MUCH AS

I love fighting AS MUCH AS I can and as often as possible.

AS MUCH AS you put into it is AS MUCH AS you get out of it.

AS SOON AS

AS THOUGH

ASSUMING (THAT)

BECAUSE

Do what you want and say what you feel BECAUSE those who mind don't matter and those who matter don t mind. 

The best revenge is happiness, BECAUSE nothing drives people more crazy than seeing someone actually living a good life.

I'm just going to write BECAUSE I cannot help it. Charlotte Brontë

I am not on Facebook or on twitter BECAUSE the purpose of my life is to avoid messages"

I'm unable to have one-night stands. In my city, Ljubljana, you can tell exactly which women I've slept with, BECAUSE I married them.

* 1. a performance that happens only once in a particular place, 2. a sexual relationship that lasts for only one night,

Other uses
because of (plus noun):  Why can't you starve in the desert? – Because of all the sand which is there.

BEFORE

My books start almost BEFORE I realize it.

I read Henrry James BEFORE I was 12 years old. 

I wrote for sixteen years BEFORE I could make a living out of it.

BY THE TIME

BY THE TIME you get what you always wanted, you want something else,

CONSIDERING (THAT)

DESPITE THE FACT THAT (EVEN THOUGH)

For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in DESPITE THE FACT THAT  they are jerks. (persuade, convince)

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, DESPITE THE FACT THAT  I'm English.

If I were living in France, I'd vote for Jacques Chirac, DESPITE THE FACT THAT he can't seem to keep his hands out of the cash till.

EVERY TIME

EVEN

You can have conjunction phrases which include "even", such as even though, even so, even when, or even if, but in this cases "even" serves to modify the meaning of the actual conjunction.

EVEN IF 

(in the unlikely case that)

Shoot for the moon. EVEN IF you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Right is right, EVEN IF everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

 I always stay active, EVEN IF I m on vacation.

EVEN IF you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway. John Malkovich.

Death is not treatment, EVEN IF it's medically facilitated.

EVEN IF you're independent, I think you get lonely.

Jihad will continue EVEN IF I am not around. Osama bin Laden.

Profit is sweet, EVEN IF it comes from deception. Sophocles.

(The writer should always) write something, EVEN IF it is a suicide note.

No matter what, I still was gonna make music, EVEN IF it was on a small scale. Even if it was just for me.

EVEN THOUGH

I play golf, EVEN THOUGH I'm awful at it.

 I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay, EVEN THOUGH I wasn't.

EVEN WHEN

I'm on time EVEN WHEN I try not to be.

I'm constantly working, EVEN WHEN I'm at home.

Death is never polite, EVEN WHEN we expect it.

Take heed of critics EVEN WHEN they are not fair; resist them EVEN WHEN they are.

Keep your cool, EVEN WHEN those around you don't mean it.

I don't fight without being prepared EVEN WHEN I lose.

I was always an independent, EVEN WHEN I had partners.

(Whatever it is), I fear the Greeks EVEN WHEN they bring gifts.

EVEN WHEN I'm 70, I'm still gonna write rhymes.

EVEN WHEN I'm on vacation, I never stay home.

EVEN WHEN I'm sick and depressed, I love life. 

Fiction, EVEN WHEN it's grim and hard, is fun.

You can never control who you fall in love with, EVEN WHEN you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.

EVEN SO

FOR FEAR THAT (OUT OF FEAR THAT; FEARING THAT) 

We are afraid to care too much, FOR FEAR THAT the other person does not care at all. Eleanor Roosevelt.

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, FOR FEAR THAT talking about it will diminish my desire to write it 

 

I have seen actresses avoiding food OUT OF FEAR THAT beauty would be lost.

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues OUT OF FEAR THAT if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair.

HOW

I'm the best player in the country. That's HOW I think. That's HOW I feel.

I know HOW I look like. I know HOW I sound. I know HOW I walk. I'm just gonna be me. I do me, and you do you.

I know how I look like. I know how I sound. I know how I walk. I'm just gonna be me. I do me, and you do you.
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I don't really care HOW I sound.

IF

Life would be tragic IF it weren't funny. Stephen Hawking

Power is like being a lady... IF you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Margaret Thatcher

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. A. Einstein

You will never truly live IF you are constantly looking for the meaning of life.

Develop a passion for learning. IF you do, you will never cease to grow.   

Take nothing for granted IF you can check it.

IF envy were a fever, all mankind would be ill. 

IF you don't have enough time, stop watching TV.

IF you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of (car) payments. 

IF you can't explain it simply / to your grandmother, you don't understand it well enough. 

IF you aren't going all the way, why go at all.

IF you're lonely like most writers are, write your way out of it.

IF you are afraid of loneliness, dont marry. Anton Chekhov 

* The fear of being alone is known by a number of names - Autophobia, Isolaphobia, and Monophobia.

IF you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward you goal. Bruce Lee

IF you're going through hell, keep going. 

IF you could change your age, and never grow old, how old would you be?

How old would you be IF you didn't know how old you are / your age?  

What's the point of elections if everything is already decided? 

If it weren't for (the fact that)

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

If it weren't for Marlon Brando, I wouldn't be where I am.  

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

If it weren't for singing, I don't know what else I would do with myself. 

If it weren't for painting, I couldn't live. I couldn't bear the extra strain of things. (stress, pressure)

Do you realize (that) if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?

If it weren't for the fact that:

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

If not for (if it weren't for)

If not for you babe, I couldn't see the door. I'd be sad and blue. I'd be lost, if not for you. ("If not for you", song by Bob Dylan)

If not for modern medicine, fewer babies would survive.

If not for my family, I would have been in big trouble.

If not for my mom, I wouldn't be a writer today. When I was a little girl, I rarely saw her without a book in her hand
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If not for my family, I would have been in big trouble.
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If not for my mom, I wouldn't be a writer today. When I was a little girl, I rarely saw her without a book in her hand.


Expressions

I should add that I would certainly not be alive today if not for modern medicine. 

 IF AND ONLY IF

(on the strict condition that)

You are rich IF AND ONLY IF money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.

A rectangle is a square IF AND ONLY IF all four of its sides have the same length.

An integer is even IF AND ONLY IF its square is also even.                 * (mathematics): The square of 3 is 9.

Other uses 

As an adjective: 
A quick introduction to if-and-only-if statements and how to prove them. 

IF ONLY 

(on the single condition that)

Everything has a meaning, IF ONLY we could read it.

Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while. Chuck Berry
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Music should be made to make people forget their problems, IF ONLY for a short while. Chuck Berry

IF ONLY we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.

Expressions

expressing a wish

Other uses

As an interjection.
expressing a wish: If only I had a million dollars!: si (tan) solo

                                                                           IN CASE

I want to be buried with a mobile phone, just IN CASE I'm not dead.

You don't want to dream too big IN CASE it doesn't happen. 

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York, IN CASE you haven't noticed.

IN ORDER THAT

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. Virginia Woolf
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Someone has to die IN ORDER THAT the rest of us should value life more. Virginia Woolf

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think IN ORDER THAT we may succeed in surviving. Jose Ortega y Gasset

Life is the art of being well deceived; and IN ORDER THAT the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself IN ORDER THAT others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

IN ORDER THAT all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel Johnson

 LEST
     (for fear that, in order to avoid, to prevent)

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes. William Shakespeare
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Man must shape his tools LEST they shape him. Arthur Miller

Mind your speech a little LEST you should mar (damage) your fortunes (luck, wealth). William Shakespeare

Beware LEST you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop.

Submit (surrender) to the present evil, LEST a greater one befall you. (take place, happen to)

Control thy passions LEST they take vengence on thee. Epictetus

Indeed it is better to postpone, LEST either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it. Tertullian (polemicist, and moralist)

LIKE

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it. Tertullian
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                  (informal use of "as")              

 
I don't like Michael Jackson. I wouldn't behave LIKE he does ("as" in formal sentences)
 
Love me LIKE you do.  (Ellie Goulding's song)

Other uses (10)

1. As a preposition (tha same way as: I talk like my brother.
To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing. Hilary Swank     

(prep. informal: such as): So you want a new challenge? Like what? 

(prep. intensifier): He ran like hell.

(prep. in the way that): It was hot again today, like summer should be.

2. As an adverb (approximately, more or less): He's like six feet tall.   

2.1. As an adverb (slan, UK, regional, as it were, por asi decirlo):  But I really wanted that job, like.
 
3. As an adjective, formal (the same, identical, similar): We always agree: We are of like mind.

Like poles repel; opposite poles attract. (the same, identical, similar)

Writing poems, odes, and like forms requires linguistic skills and imagination. (the same, identical, similar)

I don't think they have his like in any other firm. (counterpart, equivalente)

3.1. flu-like adj (resembling influenza)

She had flu-like symptoms: a cough and a fever. (agripado)

I speak  with a rather strong 'Spanish-like' accent.

I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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4. As a noun (something similar, algo asi, eso): What a strange car. I've never seen the like.

He is the kindest man I know. I have never met his like. (equal, igual, par)

4.1.  (social media: approval). me gusta (nominal locution)


Expressions:

be like v expr slang (say: expressing attitude, ir / estar en plan de)

He was like, "I don't want to do that"

likes and dislikes informal (preferences)

... and the like: (and similar things, y tal, y cosas por el estilo)

I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.

as often as you like informal (whenever you wish)

Other uses

NO MATTER 
 (WITH INTERROGATIVE WORDS)

(WHO, WHERE, WHOSE, WHAT, WHICH, WHEN, HOW,
HOW MUCH AND HOW MANY)

After "no matter" we use a present simple to refer to the future: 

I will follow you no matter where you go.

No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you.

No matter how successful you are, no matter how good you are at what you do

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

No matter who you are no matter where you go in life. You´re gonna need somebody to stand by you. (help or support).

I'm still me, no matter if I'm gay or straight or whatever.
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NO MATTER WHAT

Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
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Some will criticize me NO MATTER WHAT I do. 

NO MATTER WHAT you do or how you do it, there will always be endless amounts of people asking the same question.

NO MATTER WHAT you say to me, I will always worry some (inf. to some degree, a little, a bit)

People are negative NO MATTER WHAT you do. Cher

Other uses  
Love yourself no matter what! (whatever, whatever the cost, si o si, pase lo que pase)


No matter how difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. (also: However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Stephen Hawking

No matter what you believe, you should respect others.

NO MATTER IF

A writer writes. Period. NO MATTER IF someone is buying your work or not.

I'm still me, NO MATTER IF I'm gay or straight or whatever.

NO MATTER IF you win or lose, the most important thing in live is to enjoy what you have.

NO MATTER IF I'm 38, NO MATTER IF I'm 19 or 20, NO MATTER IF I'm playing against the best or the worst. I'm still going to play.

NO MATTER WHETHER ... OR...

No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights. Brigitte Bardot

NO MATTER WHETHER ... OR NOT.

If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you no good. 

NO MATTER WHETHER OR NOT

I think, as long as you tell real stories, I think people will respond to it no matter whether or not it's in the context of super heroes.


                                                                       NOW THAT

NOW THAT I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents.

Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke. Yul Brynner
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NOW THAT I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke. Yul Brynner 

I approach love differently NOW THAT I know it's hard for it to work out. T. Swift

NOW THAT I'm older, I see the benefits of having free time to release energy

NOW THAT my kids are gone, it just isn't the same. Our house is quieter and there is more time to spend with our cats and dogs.

NOW THAT we understand each other, things are much better.

ONCE

 As miserable as I was, ONCE I started singing, I felt better.

ONLY (except that, but)

I'd love to come, ONLY I have to work. (but)

I would pay for it myself, ONLY I don't have the money. (but)

It tastes like chicken, ONLY stronger. (except that)

 

ONLY IF
(on the single condition that, not unless)

You fail ONLY IF you stop writing.

Tranquilizers work ONLY IF you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Happiness exists ONLY IF you have a lot of people to share it with. 

You can be great ONLY IF it is your destiny.

There's action ONLY IF there is danger. Howard Hawks 

Only if you aspire for more will you achieve more.
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ONLY IF you aspire for more will you achieve more.

ONLY WHEN

We know accurately ONLY WHEN we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

You discover who you truly are ONLY WHEN you live alone.

We learn our lessons ONLY WHEN we are ready. 

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. Henry David Thoreau
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It is ONLY WHEN we forget all our learning that we begin to know. Henry David Thoreau.

It's ONLY WHEN gravity starts to take over (that) you begin to think about your body. (take control, charge of sth)

ONLY WHEN the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

OTHERWISE (or else)

It can behave like a co-ordinative conjunction, but only behave, and not be one:  

Do what I tell you, otherwise you'll be sorry). It can be an adjective:  

If conditions were otherwise... 

* or else is a phrasal conjunction. (otherwise) 

PROVIDED THAT

RATHER THAN
(similar verb forms)

a) He watched TV rather than do his homework. (conjunction)
b) He watched TV rather than doing his homework. (preposition + -ing)

as well as and instead of, rather than is a preposition, not a quasi-coordinator....when it is followed by an –ing participle clause that does not match the verb in the matrix clause:

Their actions precipitated the war rather than averting it.
As well as visiting Niagara Falls, we spent a day in Toronto.
He intends to go as he is, instead of changing into his best clothes.

As a conjunction, parallel grammatical constructions appear on each side of rather than: I go to the theatre weekly rather than monthly.

For exercise, I walk rather than run.
He decided to call rather than text.
Rather than repair the car, I prefer to buy a new one.

Since cancer, I feel like I have dreams RATHER THAN (have) ambitions, visions RATHER THAN (have) plans.

Other uses

The key to telling whether rather than is a conjunction or preposition is to look at the words that precede and follow it. 

Used as preposition when you see dissimilarity between verb forms - as in rather than followed by an -ing or a noun. 

As a preposition, rather than is synonymous with instead of and begins subordinate clauses (clauses that can't stand alone as a sentence) that have a present participle (the -ing form) of a verb serving as a noun (in other words, a gerund). When rather than functions as a preposition, the verbs in the sentence are not parallel.

Rather than driving, he rode his bike to work.
Rather than using herbs, he picked roses from the garden.
She took the blame rather than blaming everyone else.

REGARDLESS OF

I will by the car regardless of the price / of it costing too much.

I love Jane regardless of the stress she causes me.

REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT 

I didn't marry John regardless of the fact that he asked me a lot of times.

(EVER) SINCE

I've longed for kids since I was very, very young.
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I've longed for kids SINCE I was very, very young.

I've been watching "Titanic" EVER SINCE I can remember.

I've (always) been curious EVER SINCE I was a little kid.

I loved movies EVER SINCE I was a (little) kid / little / young / boyhood.

Temptation has been here EVER SINCE the Garden of Eden.

I'm used to being productive, EVER SINCE I was young.

EVER SINCE I can remember, I've always been silly / I was always the winner.

SO MUCH AS 
(It means anything as small as this) 

I speak the truth not SO MUCH AS I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. MIchele de Montaigne

SO THAT

The clause after "so that" generally includes a modal (like can, could, may, might, will or would)

SO THAT I'm sure I understand you, please repeat what you said. 

The king must die SO THAT the country can live. Maximilien Robespierre 

Live SO THAT your friends can defend you but never have to.

You should dress SO THAT you feel confident.

The only reason for time is SO THAT everything doesn't happen at once.

My husband makes sacrifices SO THAT I can shine.

SO THAT I'm sure I understand you, please repeat what you said.

  STILL / TILL

SUPPOSING (THAT)

THAN

When "than" connects two clauses or phrases it's a conjunction:

He's taller than I am.

Trust yourself, you know more THAN you think you do.

We shouldn't spend more than we earn.

 

Kids today know more THAN you think they do.

The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise THAN you think. Sylvester Stallone 

Language is much closer to film THAN painting is. 

You are stronger THAN you think.

God, life changes faster THAN you think. 

Acting is even stranger THAN I thought it would be.

The acting life is different THAN I thought it would be. I love it - it's actually a lot less pressure THAN I thought it would be.

I earn more THAN I thought I would when I became a poet. Morrissey

My life is so much better THAN I thought it was going to be.

I've learned much more about politics THAN I thought I ever would.

I guess I'm weirder THAN I thought, particularly as I think about me as a dad.

I think it's a lot easier to understand Italian THAN to speak it. What's more, I write it much better THAN I speak it.


Other uses

As a preposition:
When "than" occurs with a pronoun in the objective case, it's a preposition: He's taller than me. It's also a preposition when numbers/amounts are compared: It takes less than an hour. A crowd of more than 10,000 had gathered.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse THAN the suffering itself.  

There is one thing worse THAN being alone: wishing you were.

There's nothing worse than making a good movie that doesn't get seen.
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There's nothing worse THAN making a good movie that doesn't get seen

In some cases, knowing is much more fun THAN guessing. 

Guessing is more fun THAN knowing. 

EXPRESSIONS

I was more than happy (for emphasis)

 
                                                          THAT

I am THAT I am (10 commandments) 

Doctors believe that exercise is vital. 

I firmly believe / It is commonly said / It is highly likely / It is very likely THAT what doesn't kill you (just) makes you stronger.

By the end of this year, it is quite likely THAT over 25 million people will be unemployed.  

There are a few books I have read THAT I've never been the same after.

Media is just a word THAT has come to mean bad journalism. Graham Greene

It is a mistake for women to think THAT life begins only with marriage.

Other uses
Used as a pronoun:

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.- J.Tolkien

My job is to notice the things that you're not supposed to notice.


For me, your real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born. 

As an adverb (very, so)
In standard English, it usually needs to follow not, hardly, rarely or scarcely. 
The movie was not that good (tan buena)

To me, age is not that important. 

I'm not that interested in people.

I'm not that interesting! / smart / confident ...

It's not that easy to learn a new language after age fifty.

Learning languages is not that difficult.

THE FIRST TIME

THE FIRST TIME I performed musically, I threw up. Marilyn Manson

Other uses

The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.

our Lord ascended on the Mount of Olives, and when He comes back, He will come on a cloud[3] from the East. Therefore, we face East when we pray.

THE MOMENT THAT

The euro ceases to exist THE MOMENT THAT France leaves.

THOUGH

THOUGH being in a relationship can be great, there are many times when being single beats being in a relationship.

Other uses

As an adverb: (however)

I thought it would be easy to find a job; I was wrong, THOUGH.

I am nice; a bit vain (selfish), THOUGH.

UNLESS (except that / if, only if)

Age doesn't matter UNLESS you're a cheese.

Nothing will work UNLESS you do.

Nothing is miserable UNLESS you think it is so.

A true friend never gets in your way UNLESS you happen to be going down. 

It is dangerous to be sincere UNLESS you are also stupid. George B. Shaw.

I'm against abortion UNLESS having the baby threatens the life of the mother. (ungrammatical or grammatically incorrect)

I'm against abortion UNLESS the woman has been raped. Thats the only way it can be justified for me.  

Personally I'm against abortion UNLESS there's a life in danger or it's a child who's pregnant. 

Don't apply for the job of janitor unless having

You do not really understand something UNLESS you can explain it to your grandmother. Albert Einstein

We cannot be sure of having something to live for UNLESS we are willing to die for it. Che Guevara 

UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Other uses

As an adverb
unless noted otherwise (if the contrary is not stated, a menos que se indique lo contrario)

UNTIL / TILL

It always seems impossible UNTIL it's done. Nelson Mandela.

You never know what you can accomplish UNTIL you try.

You can not say you know how to do something, UNTIL you can teach it to someone else. 

A man is not old UNTIL regrets take the place of dreams.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop UNTIL I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt
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A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is UNTIL you put her in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt 

We will never have true civilization UNTIL we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

You never realize what a good memory you have UNTIL you try to forget sth.

In the city, we work UNTIL (preposition) quitting time. On the farm, we work UNTIL the job is finished.

Other uses

As a preposition (until: up to a point in time)
Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow. Mark Twain

In the city, we work until quitting time. On the farm, we work until the job is finished.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
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You never know what you can accomplish until you try
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It always seems impossible until it's done. Nelson Mandela
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WHAT

My lord, we know WHAT we are now, but (know) not WHAT we may become. (Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet). We can never know what will come or how we will be or feel or do.

WHAT really matters is WHAT you do with WHAT you have. 

We don't change WHAT we are, we change WHAT we think WHAT we are.

I know only that WHAT is moral is WHAT you feel good after, and WHAT is immoral is WHAT you feel bad after. Hernest Hemingway.

WHAT we do during our working hours determines WHAT we have; WHAT we do in our leisure hours determines WHAT we are.

You can't define WHAT's middle class, WHAT is wealthy, WHAT is poor. 

Listen to WHAT you know instead of WHAT you fear.

WHAT you sweat is WHAT you get.

Revision is when you do WHAT you should have done the first time, but didn't.

WHATERVER

WHATEVER it costs, we will send a man to Mars. 

Other uses
Used as a pronoun (lo que: You can eat whatever is in the refrigerator)

I eat WHATEVER my kids leave behind. And coffee

as an adjective  (of any kind):
Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in WHATEVER way you can.

WHEN

As the saying goes / People often say WHEN the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Do I not destroy my enemies WHEN I make them my friends? A. Lincoln
 
I can only write WHEN I'm absolutely sober.

Stop being overly critical of yourself. WHEN you're overly critical, you might have unreasonable expectations.

(Why is it that) WHEN you get older you get more fearful? Sandra Bullock

WHEN you're not in the mood, there's nothing worse than a sex scene.

WHEN I write I'm very uncertain whether it's good enough.

WHEN I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up (dying) in the electric chair. (being sentenced to death penalty / prison / 20 years ...)

WHEN I sit at my tapewriter, I always face East. (*)

(*) Lord ascended on the Mount of Olives, and when He comes back, He will come on a cloud from the East. Therefore, we face East when we pray.

I don't hate accents but I get annoyed WHEN I have to hear someone with a rather strong accent talk for a while.

It's near impossible to always be right when you're innovating.
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It's near(ly) impossible to always be right WHEN you're innovating. 

Reduced time-related clauses (temporal phrases)

WHEN learning English, the student may be learning several rules, but also has to learn more exceptions to those rules.

It is super annoying not to be able to just have a small chat with locals WHEN on holiday

Other uses

Maybe one day when I'm retired, I can turn around and tell you, 'Hey, I was really good at that.

When I'm 64 (The Beales song)

Expressions

(It's funny how) When it comes to giving advice, I can tell you a lot; (but), when it comes to  helping myself (my problems) however, that becomes an entirely different matter / I just don't know what to do with myself.

Structures 

It was only when I wrote my first book THAT the world I wanted to live in opened to me.  

WHENEVER

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others WHENEVER they go. Oscar Wilde.

WHENEVER I read a book, I wonder at the number of words I meet in it and I long to use them.  

I can perform WHENEVER I want to, without the pressure of having to.

I can perform whenever I want to, without the pressure of having to.
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WHERE 

 WHERE there's life, there's hope. (querer es poder)

WHEREAS 

(while on the contrary, while in contrast, mientras que)

I don't like Dante, WHEREAS Homer is adorable.

Don't force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, WHEREAS for others it can take over a year.

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, WHEREAS the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, WHEREAS in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, WHEREAS, I'm just a face or a body to them.

WHEREVER

Some cause happiness WHEREVER they go; others whenever they go. Oscar Wilde. 

WHETHER 
if (1), regardless of which (2)

(1) I think it matters WHETHER someone has a good heart. (kind, caring, and generous: She is good-hearted, a good-hearted boy)

(1) When I write I'm very uncertain WHETHER it's good enough. That is, of course, the writer's agony.

(1) It's not the situation, but WHETHER we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important. 

 

(1) It's refreshing to have some time off from wondering WHETHER I look fat.

(2) Anyone, WHETHER rich or poor, can be affected by a natural disaster. (tanto si, aunque)

WHETHER OR NOT 
(no matter if, even if)

I'll go to the game, WHETHER OR NOT it rains. (no matter if, even if)

(You must enjoy the journey because) WHETHER OR NOT you get there, you must have fun on the way.  

 WHICH

I'm a perfectionist, WHICH I think is a mistake.

One of my favourite films is big fish WHICH I think is masterpiece.

A lot of people make fashion their whole life, WHICH I think is not cool.

I don't tend to write when I'm happy, WHICH I think is pretty obvious.

I'm lucky enough to be mentally strong, WHICH I think is fundamental for a goalkeeper. David de Gea. 

Used as a pronoun (the fact that, lo que)

We strive to be ourselves…The goal is absolutely secondary: it is the functioning toward the goal WHICH (I think) is important.

WHILE
(as/so long as, although, even though, when, during the time that, but) 

Life is what happens to you WHILE you're busy making other plans. John Lennon

Listening to your instincts, WHILE being the easiest, can also be the hardest thing to do. (although, even though)

WHILE (I was) in Rome, I did a lot of sightseeing. (when, during the time that)

I'm not the only foreigner who took up golf while living in Jakarta.
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I'm not the only foreigner who took up golf WHILE living in the States. (when, during the time that)

We can feel joy even WHILE having a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year!

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us WHILE we live (during the time that).

Some people dream of success, WHILE other people get up every morning and make it happen. (and, but, mientras que)

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, WHILE loving someone deeply gives you courage. (but, and, mientras que)

I write WHILE watching TV. I jot down ideas for later WHILE sitting at stoplights, WHILE shopping, WHILE out to dinner. (an elliptical version of the clause "while I'm watching TV").

My emotions are usually my weakness, but they are my strength WHILE acting.

I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing WHILE changing a baby, or songs about annoying things that I sing to myself, or to friends while sitting at a bar, or about Christmas or New York.

I didn't grow up WHILE / during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing.

I didn't grow up WHILE / during the time Whitney Houston was in her prime / was playing, but I do know a couple of her most popular songs.

Other uses 

As a noun (a while, a long while, a while ago ...)

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a WHILE. Tom Hanks

I had to stop driving my car for a WHILE ... the tires got dizzy.

I had short hair for a WHILE, but I ended up loving it

I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.
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WHY

Other uses
Used as a noun: He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche 

Eliminate the whos, the wheres, the whats, the whens that keep you from your identity. Do it by process of elimination: eliminate what you're not first and you'll find yourself where you need to be: you are the author of the book of your life""



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CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS 

(Conjunction  pairs)

Correlative conjunctions sometimes create problems in parallel form: You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears .


AS / SO ... AS ... (such that, como)
I'm not SO clever AS everyone thinks.

You're AS old AS you feel.

I sometimes wish I weren't as logical as I am and I wish I weren't as smart as I am, because I'd be happy.
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I sometimes wish I weren't AS logical AS I am and I wish I weren't AS smart AS I am, because I'd be happy.

You're as old as you feel
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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It's never AS good AS it feels, and it's never AS bad AS it seems.

You must be aware that your reader is at least AS bright AS you are.


Other uses

As an adverb (expressing similarity or equality):

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Vanity is as old as the hills
The future influences the present just AS much AS the past.
I try to challenge myself AS much AS possible, AS often AS possible.


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AS MUCH ... AS 

Dreams have as much influence as actions
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Dreams have AS MUCH influence AS actions

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BOTH ... AND ...

I'm against abortion unless having the baby will kill BOTH the mother AND the baby.

I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is BOTH a blessing AND a curse.

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EITHER ... OR ... (one or another)

EITHER you love me OR you don't!

EITHER you love me, OR you hate me. There's no in between, a middle position

Everything we do is EITHER for pleasure OR to avoid pain.
*  Everything we do, we do it to seek pleasure AND avoid pain.

EITHER you love me OR not at all. EITHER I am all yours OR I am nobody's. I will have no half-measures with you.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will EITHER love you for it OR hate you for it. Eminem

There is nothing EITHER good OR bad, but thinking makes it so.

EITHER the / this / that wallpaper goes OR I do. Oscar Wilde.

I don't believe there's two sides to every story. It's EITHER either black OR white. There's right and wrong. 

Valentine's Day is definitely one of those days where it's EITHER awesome OR it's a downer.

I'm EITHER going to be a writer OR a bum.



OTHER USES
Used as an adjective: and either-or proposition The issue of abortion is often presented as a rights issue. It is treated as an either/or proposition: either you eagerly accept it (are all for it) or you are behind the times (utterly against it).

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HARDLY ... WHEN ...


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IF ... THEN ...

IF you fear loneliness, THEN don't get married. Chekhov

IF you cant explain it simply THEN you dont understand it well enough. Albert Einstein.


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NEITHER ... NOR ...

Marriage is NEITHER heaven NOR hell, it is simply purgatory (Shakespeare)

The stupid NEITHER forgive NOR forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Since I am a child of the last century, I am NEITHER on facebook, NOR on twitter, NOR on instagram, NOR on youtube or any other site.

NEITHER praise NOR blame yourself. (Plutarch)


NEITHER a borrower, NOR a lender be.

There can be NEITHER today without yesterday NOR tomorrow without today.

Whichever / whatever way you go, there is NEITHER right OR wrong way, rather shades of grey. (on the contrary, mas bien)

I'm boring. My beliefs are NEITHER here NOR there (it's no big deal, irrelevant) 

There are NEITHER winners NOR losers; there are only stages that must be gone through.

There would be NEITHER winners NOR losers in a global nuclear conflict: world civilization would inevitably perish. It is a suicide, rather than a war in the conventional sense of the word.

Binomials with "neither ... nor ..."

(to be) neither here nor there
Whether or not I agree with you is neither here nor there. (irrelevant, unimportant)  

Other uses of "neither"

(As a conjunction): People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, NEITHER does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. (and not either)

I don't follow fashions, but neither am I old fashioned. And I don't care whether anyone likes what I wear or not.

I don't eat fast food, and NEITHER should you!

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NOT ... BUT (RATHER) ...   

One is NOT deceived by one's senses, BUT by one's judgement ...

One is NOT born, BUT RATHER becomes, a woman. Simone de Beauvoir

It is NOT a lack of love, BUT a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche

The most beautiful words in the world are NOT "I love you", BUT "It's benign. Woody Allen

It's NOT the situation, BUT whether we react negative(ly) or respond positive(ly) to the situation that is important. 

Life is a play. It's NOT its length, BUT its performance that counts. Seneca

NOT ONLY is there no God, BUT try finding a plumber on Sunday / on weekends.

Happiness doesN'T depend on anybody but ourselves / me. 

But we are NOT in the world to be good BUT to change it. 

Success isN'T something you achieve by accident, BUT RATHER by design. 

There is no doubt that life is given us, NOT not to be enjoyed, BUT to be overcome / to be got over. Arthur Schopenhauer

The world shall perish NOT for lack of wonders, BUT for lack of wonder.

Man is NOT the sum of what he has already, BUT RATHER the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have. Jean-Paul Sartre

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader; NOT the fact that it is raining, BUT the feeling of being rained upon.

We are NOT rich by what we possess BUT by what we can do without. I. Kant.

The alternative to peace is NOT victory BUT death. Think about it before it's too late.
 

NOT ONLY .... BUT (ALSO)

The man of knowledge must be able NOT ONLY to love his enemies BUT ALSO to hate his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche

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NOT ... SO MUCH AS ...

It was not that ... so much as ...


NO SOONER ... THAN ...


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RATHER ... THAN ... 

I'd RATHER annoy with the truth THAN please with adulation. Seneca  

I don't yet think of writing as a profession. If I can get money for it, that's fine. But I'd RATHER wash dishes THAN write just for money.

I would rather be dead than not read.


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SCARCELY ... WHEN ...


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SO ... AS (WHEN) ... 

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. (Mark Twain)

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love. (S. Freud)


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SO (MANY) ... THAT ...

There are SO MANY laws THAT no-one can rule out being hanged.

The chains of wedlock are so heavy that it takes two to carry them – AND sometimes three. (adding information)


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SUCH ... THAT ... 


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THE ... THE ...

THE weaker the body THE more it demands; THE stronger it is THE more it obeys. J.J. Rosseau.

Happiness is a marvellous thing: THE more you give, THE more you are left with.

THE more things a man is ashamed of, THE more respectable he is.

THE older you get, THE further you go in life, THE more you're left with lingering regrets and THE more those become part of the tapestry of your life. (tapiz)
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WHAT WITH ... AND ...

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WHETHER ... OR (NOT) ...

When it comes to life the critical thing is WHETHER you take things for granted OR take them with gratitude. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice WHETHER you let it affect you OR not. 

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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I think WHETHER you're having setbacks OR not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

WHETHER you win OR lose doesn't matter as long as you do your best. It doesn't matter as long as you do your best. 

It's not WHETHER you win OR lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.

I don't care WHETHER anyone likes what I wear NOR not.


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ADVANCED CONJUNCTIONS and ADVERBS

THEREBY (adverb)
(by that means, así, de ese modo/manera)

We are by nature observers, and THEREBY learners. That is our perma- nent state. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

My father is someone who asks doubts,THEREBY triggering new thoughts.  

Instead of asking God to remove our problems so that our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to learn as much as we can - and THEREBY become happier due to our insights and growth.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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THEREIN (adverb)
 formal (In that thing or place, 2. In that matter: en ello/eso)

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, THEREIN to be content.

Love many things, for THEREIN lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh

THEREOF (adverb)
formal 1. of it, del mismo, de esto/eso. 2. from that source)

THEREFORE (adverb)

WHEREIN (conjunction)
literary, formal (the way in which, en que forma, 2. where)

Memory is the treasure house of the mind WHEREIN the monuments thereof (of it) are kept and preserved.

WHEREBY (conjunction)
 (through which, a traves del cual, por el que)

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process WHEREBY you grow to be more and more like Christ.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communica- te their mind; but to wise men, WHEREBY to conceal it.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
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HEREBY (adverb)
 formal (in this act, por la presente)

I HEREBY accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet. Hugo Chavez

I HEREBY swear, that we will never act against the principle of equal rights.

THEREAFTER (adverb)
formal (from then, a partir de 

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TWO CONJUNCTIONS TOGETHER FOR EMPHASIS

My mother is my manager and so (she) knows exactly what I do and so on. 

I'm cheap, and so I don't like wasting.

Kids like classic rock, and so do adults.

Writing is my way of expressing - AND THEREBY eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed (showing bad judgment, equivocado)

Instead of asking God to remove our problems SO THAT our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to learn as much as we can - AND THEREBY become happier due to our insights and growth 

I was extremely lucky. I had some huge crashes and yet I am still here, thanks to God. Emerson Fittipaldi 

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. Simone de Beauvoir 

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don't force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, whereas for others it can take over a year. I'm lucky to be one of the former, but, even so, if I'm not in the mood to write, I won't. I'll go off, do something else and come back to it when I'm ready.
* go off (go away: marcharse, lose liking for sth/so: also desenamorarse, inf:food spoil (pasarse), bomb: explode, alarm: sound, 

Sometimes I can't believe I'm going to be 60. I always say there's no point moaning about getting older, when there's nothing you can do about it. But still, I do find it quite funny. I look at that number, 60, and I think, 'Really? Me? 

I don't follow fashions, but neither am I old fashioned.

If you feel lonely, that is one thing, but if you are afraid of being alone, try to remain optimistic about your future. 

Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy

If when we are taught English we are just taught the rules of grammar, it would take all our love of our language away from us. What makes us love a subject like English is when we learn all these fantastic stories. Feeding the imagination is what makes a subject come alive.
  I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction. 

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
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People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

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 GERUND AFTER CONJUNCTIONS

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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain

More subordinating conjunctions:

by the time, how, wherever, in case, only if, whether or not (even if, no matter if)

IDIOMS (no conjunctions)

1. No matter + Wh Question + Adjective / Adverb + Clause, Main Clause

No matter what / how / where ...

- He always gets the task wrong, no matter how easy it is.

- No matter how carefully you drive, you shouldn’t drink alcohol.

- No matter what you believe, you should respect others'.

2. An alternative construction that works in a similar way is “Whatever...”

- Whatever the weather, we’ll be together. (no verb)

- Whatever it costs, we will send a man to Mars. (verb)

Subordinating Conjunctions vs. Relative Pronouns

There is another group of words that sometimes introduce dependent clauses. These are called relative pronouns, and although they look and act very similar to coordinating conjunctions, they are different. True relative pronouns are “that,” “who” and “which,” "whom", "where" and they differ from subordinating conjunctions in that they act as the subject of a dependent clause whereas subordinating conjunctions do not. Subordinating conjunctions are followed by the subject of their clause. Consider a few examples:

• John is the guy who came over for dinner last week. - Here, we have two clauses. “John is the guy” is the main clause, and “who came over for dinner last week” gives us more information about John. The word “who” acts as the subject of the dependent clause.
• We talked about music and movies while we ate. - Again, we have two clauses. “We talked about music and movies” is the main clause, and “while we ate” gives us more information. However, in this example, both clauses have the subject “we.” The word “while” does not act as the subject of the dependent clause.

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QUOTES

We read (in order) to / so that we know (that) we are not alone * We all need stress in order toachieve and do our best work * It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain * Eatin order to live, do not live in order to eat * Eat so that you live, don't live so that you eat (We often use them with modal verbs (can, would, will, etc.) * If it wasn't for the hole, a bagel would be a bun * If you are afraid of loneliness, dont marry * If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough * If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV * We eat so that we may live * The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once * You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes * Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life in high school

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.
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You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.
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You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.
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* And yet it moves. (albeit it does move). Meaning: It doesn't matter what you believe; these are the facts"

* Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

* The student did not turn in his final research paper, and so he earned a failing grade for the course.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.
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* Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.

* I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.

* In spite of / Despite everything I (still) believe (that) people are really good at heart. Anne Frank 

* I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers. Esther Willliams

* People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it.

* If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because ofit.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
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* Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

* In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.

* You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say. (vd the laity: leicado)

* I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

* Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

* I am still not a fussy eater, although I do enjoy good food.

* I play golf - even though I'm awful at it.

* I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay, even though I wasn't.

* Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

* The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

* Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

* When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.

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Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life
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Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.
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