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One day, the rich man was walking in the village and he saw another man building a stone house.
He watched as the man worked, cutting the pieces of stone and putting them one on top of another to build a beautiful house.

Question 1. He watched AS the man worked…
The word “as” in the sentence means “when”, right?

Question 2. putting them “ONE on top of ANOTHER”…
What do the words “one” and “another” mean in the sentence?

Thank you!!!

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  1. Yes, you are right it means “when” or “during” the man is working. this is a common use of the word AS.

  2. This is used because both “one” and “another” have the same subject. The man is building a stone house, so we are talking about stone bricks. another way to understand is the sentence “One stone on top of another stone”

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I’m not sure.
AS is used to say HOW something happens: He watched AS the man worked, cutting the pieces of stone…
ANOTHER = one more: He saw another man.
Or: Cutting the pieces of stone and putting them ONE on top of ANOTHER -both are pieces of stone but they are DIFFERENT PIECES of stone, not the same one.