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    A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. Examples include "as brave as a lion" and "as cunning as a fox." Similes have a fixed form and do not follow specific rules. Common similes compare something to being as black as coal, as bright as a button, as busy as a beaver, or as calm as a millpond to describe being very black, bright, busy, or calm respectively.

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    A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. Examples include "as brave as a lion" and "as cunning as a fox." Similes have a fixed form and do not follow specific rules. Common similes compare something to being as black as coal, as bright as a button, as busy as a beaver, or as calm as a millpond to describe being very black, bright, busy, or calm respectively.

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    A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. Examples include "as brave as a lion" and "as cunning as a fox." Similes have a fixed form and do not follow specific rules. Common similes compare something to being as black as coal, as bright as a button, as busy as a beaver, or as calm as a millpond to describe being very black, bright, busy, or calm respectively.

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    SIMILES

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    A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. Examples include "as brave as a lion" and "as cunning as a fox." Similes have a fixed form and do not follow specific rules. Common similes compare something to being as black as coal, as bright as a button, as busy as a beaver, or as calm as a millpond to describe being very black, bright, busy, or calm respectively.

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    SIMILES

    A simile is a figure of speech that makes a


    comparison, showing similarities between
    two different things. (o figura de stil care face
    o comparatie, aratand asemanari intre doua
    lucruri diferite)
    Examples:
    as brave as a lion = curajos ca un leu

    as cunning as a fox = siret ca o vulpe

    as drunk as a lord = beat ca un lord

    o All similes have a fix form and must be learned by heart. (toate comparatiile au o
    forma fixa si trebuiesc invatate pe dianfara)
    o There is no specific rule for similes. (nu exista o regula specifica pentru comparatii)

    as similar/ like as two peas in a pod identical or nearly so


    as bald as a coot completely bald
    as big as a bus very big
    as big as an elephant very big
    as black as a sweep very black
    as black as coal very black
    as black as pitch/ night very black
    as blind as a bat completely blind
    as blind as a mole completely blind
    as bold as brass very bold
    as brave as a lion very brave
    as bright as a button very bright
    as bright as day obvious or easy to see
    as bright as a new pin very bright and shiny
    as brown as a berry very brown from the sun
    as busy as a beaver very busy
    as busy as a cat on a hot tin roof very busy
    as calm as a millpond very calm and still
    as clear as a bell very clear (of sound)
    as clean as a whistle/ a new pin very clean
    as clear as crystal very clear
    as cold as ice very cold
    as cool as a cucumber cool
    as cunning/sly as a fox very cunning/sly
    as daft as a brush foolish
    as dead as a doornail dead

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