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Grammar detail: さすが(に)

さすが(に)  as would be expected
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explanation
means
as would be expected
さすが(に) is often used to acknowledge the connection between an outcome and one's ability. It generally has positive connotations, but it can have negative connotations, particularly when used in the context of someone's failings.
いま
じょうきょう
状況
じゃさすがに
にっかん
日韓
かんけい
関係
よくなる
おも
わない
けど
Based on the current situation I hardly expect Japanese-Korean relations to improve.
さすが
きみ
ならやってくれる
おも
っていた

Excellent! It's just like you to come through like that.
かれ
さすが
だいがく
大学
った
だけことある
He did not go to college for nothing.
たまごりょうり
卵料理
こんなに
うつく
美味
しく
できるさすがチェッフ
うで
です
Being able to make such a tasty dish with eggs is indeed the skill of a chef.
さすが can also be used as an equivalent of the English 'be that as it may' - in other words, to express the idea that while a foregoing phrase or sentence may be the case, something else is also true / important etc. For example:
うそ
をつく
いいだが
つく
ばなし
つか
使
なまえ
名前
さすが
流石
えら

It's one thing to tell a lie. But ... at least choose the name you use in a made-up story carefully!
Historically さすが was written with kanji as 流石, but this is uncommon in modern usage.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   なが to pour out, to flush    
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セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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ジョウ    condition, circumstances   
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キョウ    situation   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
カン    Korea   
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カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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ケイ   in charge   かかり charge, duty   かか to relate to   
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シ   おも to think   
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クン   きみ you   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ガク   まな to learn   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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ラン   たまご egg   
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リョウ    fee   
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リ    logic   
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ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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ワン   うで arm   
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うそ a lie   
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サク   サ   つく to make   
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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使
シ   つか to use   
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メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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セン   えら choose   
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