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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

AS

Hi.
What's the meaning of 'as' in:

"As the king finally strarts on its journey, Black plays his only legal move."
from Play Winning Chess?
  

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It's not exactly clear. In the game of chess, both players cannot move at the same time. " The two events are concurrent.

  • It's not exactly clear.
  • In the game of chess, both players cannot move at the same time.
  • " The two events are concurrent.
  • How long does it take for the sun to start to come up?
  • Is it a point in time or a period of time?
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It's not exactly clear. In the game of chess, both players cannot move at the same time.

You can say, "As the sun starts to come up, the birds awake." The two events are concurrent.
How long does it take for the sun to start to come up? Is it a point in time or a period of time?

So I guess we must consider the king's "starting on its journey" to comprise a gro

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