as-it-is

a / an

abbreviations

about / on

able

about to do /
on the verge of /
on the point of

above / over

according to

across / over

act / action

ago / since / for

all / all of

all / every

all / whole

almost / nearly

aloud / loudly

also / too / as well / as well as

A.M. / P.M.

among / between

another

any / no

around / about

as / like

as it is / as it was /
as it were


	as it is / as it was / as it were

A.	as it is는 현재 존재하고 있는 것이나 상황 그대로를 의미하므로 있는 그대로, 사실은, 실제로는 이라고 번역된다.
1.	The first direction is to describe something exactly as it is.
2.	We were saving money to go to Hawaii, but as it is we can only afford to go on a camping trip.
3.	I would pay you if I could. But as it is I cannot.
4.	I thought things would get better, but as it is they are getting worse.

B.	as it was는 as it is의 과거형이다.
1.	My friend was knocked down and could have been killed. As it was, he suffered severe back injuries.

C.	as it were는 말하자면 이라는 의미로 사용된다.
1.	This so-called antique, as it were, is a fake.
2.	He became famous, as it were, for never having a hit record.
3.	She is a grown-up baby, as it were.
4.	He became, as it were, a man without a country.
5.	He is my best friend, my second self, as it were.
6.	That was, as it were, part of the job.

The first direction is to describe something exactly as it is.

　This so-called antique, as it were, is a fake.