2 Words to use with ast

"Tu namque soli numini contrarius, Minus es nocivus; ast ego nocentior, (Adeoque misera magis, quippe miseriæ comes Origoque scelus est, lurida mater male!)

The boy was suddenly overcome with the excessive shyness of negro children, and barely managed to whisper: "II ast wh-who you wuz a-talkin' to.

2 Words to use with  ast