as long as

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1 : provided that

can do as they like as long as they have a B average

2 : inasmuch as, since

as long as you're going, I'll go too

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as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood

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'cause, as, because, considering, for, inasmuch as, now, seeing, since, whereas;

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