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act as someone

to perform in the capacity of someone, temporarily or permanently; to serve in some special capacity, possibly temporarily. This is Mr. Smith. He'll act as manager from now on.

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You will say that that was in the comparatively barbarous times; that these are barbarous times too, because also, comparatively speaking, pins are stuck in even now; that though man has now learned to see more clearly than in barbarous ages, he is still far from having learnt to act as reason and science would dictate. Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context Parliament can never have passed such an act as that. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context I expect it from your strength of mind, Adam-- from your sense of duty to God and man--that you will try to act as long as action can be of any use. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context			accustom to accustomed to ace ace in ace in the hole ace out ache for achilles Achilles' heel aching heart acid acid test acknowledge acknowledge as acknowledge receipt of acknowledge to be right acorn acquaint with acquainted with acquiesce to acquit of across across the board act Act age! act as act for act on act Out act the fool act the goat act up Act your age! action Actions speak louder than words activity ad hoc ad infinitum ad nauseam adam adapt adapt for adapt from adapt to add add fuel to the fire add insult to injury add into add to add together add up			act act act act act Act (disambiguation) Act (disambiguation) Act (disambiguation) Act (disambiguation) Act (disambiguation) Act (legislature) Act (legislature) Act (legislature) Act (legislature) Act (legislature) Act 0f law Act 107-56 Act 107-56 Act 360 Act 4 Radical Europe act a part Act Against Homophobia Act Against Restraints of Competition Act Against Unfair Competition act against with equal force Act age Act age Act age Act age Act age! act as act as agent act as assistant to act as broker act as chairman act as delegate act as go-between act as mediator act as moderator act as one act as president act as surety for ACT Assessment Program ACT Association for the Teaching of English act committed in violation of law act contrary ACT Corrective Services ACT Corrective Services act curtain act demanded by social custom act despite act dishonestly act drop act effectively act falsely ACT FAST

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