1 as

2 as if

3 such as

1 nowadays

2 now

1 how

2 what way

3 what

1 if

2 in case

3 in the event that

1 in this way

2 so

1 just as in the past (idiom); as before

2 continuing as always

1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)

2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible

1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation

3 in dire straits