All 32 Uses
although
in
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
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- But although he recognized the voice, he hardly recognized the speaker standing at the foot of the gangplank.†
Chpt 1.although = even though -- used to connect contrasting ideas
- She is a lady indeed, although my limited experience of her suggests that she is also a mixture of the warrior queen Boadicea without the chariot, Catherine de' Medici without the poisoned rings, and Attila the Hun without his wonderful sense of fun.†
Chpt 1.
- But the usually calm water was...dancing, dancing like water danced under heavy rain, although no rain was falling.†
Chpt 1.
- As he drew nearer, Mau saw that it was a whole tree, even with its roots, although a lot of its branches had been torn off.†
Chpt 1.
- He started to climb down the cliff, which was easy enough even with trying to move quietly, although birds flew up all around him.†
Chpt 2.
- He'd already been up there to take a look, although men couldn't go to the Women's Place, and women couldn't go into the valley of the Grandfathers.†
Chpt 3.
- But she had given him the spark-maker, although she'd been very frightened.†
Chpt 3.
- There were words, probably, although they had no meaning to Mau.†
Chpt 3.
- No one knew where it came from, although there were stories of a land to the south where the water fell like feathers.†
Chpt 3.
- So you keep telling me, Mother, although Father always said that claim is rather weak when you consider what happened in 1421.†
Chpt 4.
- Although they shouldn't be richer and more influential than her.†
Chpt 4.
- At the moment they were fast asleep; the mother and her baby were curled up in their blanket, sleeping so peacefully that Mau envied them, and the old man was sleeping with his mouth open and looked as if he was dead, although by the sound of it he wasn't.†
Chpt 5.
- They were mostly roots, but there were also some spicy plants, including a pepper that made Daphne go and lie with her mouth in the stream for three minutes, although she felt very good afterward.†
Chpt 6.
- Her grandmother would not approve, in italics, although seeing to the other side of the world was probably too much even for her beady eyes.†
Chpt 6.
- She'd wanted to do it but hadn't dared do it, but they'd made her do it, although really they'd made her make herself do it, and now that she'd done it, she was glad.†
Chpt 6.
- It wasn't just that the old men got into his head, although that was bad enough, but they left everything in a mess when they went away again.†
Chpt 6.
- He looked at Pilu, who looked down at his feet, although his shoulders were shaking.†
Chpt 6.
- It was a small gray, although when there is blood in the water then no shark is small, and this one seemed to fill the whole of Mau's world.†
Chpt 7.
- Also, she was, frankly, grabby when it came to food, and tended to fart in an unladylike way, although that was mostly the fault of the salt-pickled beef.†
Chpt 8.
- It had to be just one half because they were so hot a whole one burned her mouth, although Mrs. Gurgle ate them raw.†
Chpt 9.
- She couldn't remember the girl's name, because she had been here only a few days, and was going to tell her off when she did remember that although the girl had arrived with some other survivors, none of them had been her relatives.†
Chpt 9.
- , made beer, have been going around practically naked, and let gods talk with my mouth, like the Pelvic Oracle in Greece in ancient times, although the voices of the Grandmothers probably didn't count as gods and, come to think of it, it was the Delphic Oracle, anyway.†
Chpt 9.
- But he was probably smarter than Foxlip, although once you got past the swaggering and the bullying, there were probably lobsters who were smarter than Foxlip.†
Chpt 11.
- At least, that was how Cookie had put it, although he was given to mild exaggeration.†
Chpt 11.
- No one was ever sure who taught the bird its first swear word, although the wobbling finger of suspicion pointed at Cox, but by then the whole crew was ill at ease.†
Chpt 11.
- Well, not actual cannibals, obviously (although there had been all those rumors about the tenth earl of Crowcester, but dinner-party opinion picked up via the trusty dumbwaiter was that he had just been very hungry and extremely shortsighted).†
Chpt 13.
- The nearest one gave her a nervous smile, although later she realized that he might have just been hungry.†
Chpt 13.
- Although, come to think of it, that's not hard to imagine.†
Chpt 15.
- When they got back, His Excellency's soldiers, who had been lounging around in their shirtsleeves for more than a week, had struggled back into their red coats and were standing on guard, although at the moment they were unsure whom they were guarding from what and how, not to mention why, and so until there were any orders to speak of, they were guarding everyone from everything.†
Chpt 15.
- "Although an archbishop is, strictly speaking, bishop of his home see," said Mr. Red thoughtfully.†
Chpt 15.
- Interestingly, although several of them went to the moon, none of them met the lady who lives there.†
Chpt Toda *
- Mau had no children, although that might depend on how you define a parent and a child.†
Chpt Toda
Definitions:
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(1)
(although) even though -- used to introduce an idea that contrasts with or makes the main statement surprisingAt the start of a sentence, although can play a role similar to words like however, yet, still, even so, on the other hand, or nonetheless—all of which signal contrast. In the middle of a sentence, although can sometimes be used where but or though might also work, but though or but often sound more natural. For example, "She's a great teacher, though not the most popular" is usually smoother than "She's a great teacher, although not the most popular."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)