To be in the same (usually unpleasant) situation as someone else or other people
The author is looking at an old castle.
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Conditional sentences are sentences that have a condition that can happen as a result of another condition. This type of sentence is classified as "first conditional" when it presents particular situations that can happen in the real world, regardless of whether it is in the past, present or future.