Translation
despite, in spite of
Examples
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Despite the rain we went to the town.
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He came in spite of his illness.
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In spite of everything she stayed cheerful.
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We succeeded despite the short time.
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Despite the darkness he found the way home.
looks like - bolted onto something, but there is no graŭ to be the opposite of. Treat it as a single root and you will save yourself confusion. Being a preposition, it takes a noun phrase and nothing else. For a full clause you need : pluvis, . The bridge between them is , , which lets you keep the preposition and still attach a clause. does a different job again, joining two independent statements as however or nevertheless.
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