1.as long as 只要;如果
As long as I deliver the goods, my boss is very happy.
只要我做好本職工作,我的老板就很高興 。
Anyone can be an astrologer as long as they are mathematically minded.
任何善于運算的人都可以成為占星家 。
2.start out 啟程,出發
The child'll start out by making relatively few distinctions in the language.
孩子開始時不太能辨別語言中的差別 。
Let's start out before dawn.
讓我們在天亮前起身 。
3.associate with 與…交往,聯系
Don't associate with such people.
勿與此輩來往 。
Never associate with bad companions.
別和壞人結交 。