~ば~ほど (the more...the more)

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The proportional construction [verb-ば]+[verb-dict]+ほど or [verb-dict]+ほど, meaning 'the more X, the more Y.' The ~ば~ほど form is fully explicit (見れば見るほど 'the more I look, the more...'); ~ほど alone is also common (進むほど敵が減る 'the more we advance, the fewer the enemies'). Both forms describe a proportional relationship between two variables.

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