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单词 all
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all1 determiner, predeterminer, pronounall2 adverb
allall1 /ɔːl $ ɒːl/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, predeterminer, pronoun Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorall of a group of things or people
all the things or people in a group: · There was no one in the office -- they were all having lunch.· The new government has banned all political parties.we/you/them etc all: · He thanked us all for coming.· I've read five of his books, and I'm not going to stop until I've read them all.all the/these/their/my etc: · Did you take all these pictures yourself?· All his clothes were spread around the room.· All the teachers in my school are women.all of: · I've used up all of my traveler's checks.· She invited all of her friends to the party.almost/nearly all: · The Prime Minister's plan would cut almost all subsidies to state-run industries.· Nearly all news organizations have refused to broadcast the victim's name during the trial.all dogs/cars/children etc (=use this to make a general statement about things or people of the same kind): · All mammals are warm-blooded.· All cars over 5 years old must have a test certificate.
all the things in a group, or all the things that someone says or does: · The customs officer asked us to take everything out of our suitcases.· Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers.· Everything in the store costs less than $10.everything else (=all other things): · I have a tent and a sleeping-bag, and Ben said he'd lend me everything else I need for the camping trip.
all people or all the people in a particular group: · I think everyone enjoyed the party.· If everybody is ready, I'll begin.· Why is everyone so excited about this tax cut?
British informal all the things in a group or set, considered together: · I left my purse with my cheque book and car keys on the kitchen table and thieves broke in and stole the lot.· Janine bought four cream cakes, but her friends didn't turn up for dinner so she ate the lot herself.
all -- used only with singular nouns: · Every room in the house was painted white.· She bought presents for every member of her family.every single (=use this to emphasize that you really mean everyone or everything, especially when this is surprising): · It rained every single day of our vacation.every single one/every last one: · The police questioned every single one of the passengers on the plane.
all -- use this to emphasize that you mean every separate person or thing in a group: · She had a ring on each finger of her right hand.· They read through each job application very carefully.· The president shook hands with each member of the team.each of: · We will consider each of these questions in turn.· She gave each of them a plate of food.each one: · George and Elizabeth had visited 15 apartments and had found something wrong with each one.in/for/to etc each: · She dug several tiny holes in the soil, planting a seed in each.we/they/us etc each: · My brother and I each have our own room.· She gave us each a pen and a piece of paper.
formal use this to say that something is true of every single one of the people or things in a large group: · Every department in this city, without exception, has experienced cutbacks.almost without exception: · Economists agreed on the President's proposal, almost without exception.
spoken informal everything in a group of similar things or all the things that are needed for a particular activity: · "What would you like on your hotdog -- mustard, ketchup, relish?" "Give me the works."· The school needs new computers, calculators, chairs, cooking utensils...basically, the works.
also the whole nine yards American spoken informal everything that you could possibly want, or expect to have: · He bought the computer, the printer, and the modem - the whole shebang.· It sounds like a great job offer -- benefits, retirement, the whole enchilada.· The guy in immigration wanted to see the whole nine yards -- passport, birth certificate, driver's license.
all of something
all of something -- used especially with uncountable nouns: all the/this/that/my etc: · He spends all his money on beer and cigarettes.· I've seen all her movies.· Did you eat all that bread?all of the/this/that/my etc: · I enjoyed the book although I didn't understand all of it.it all: · Where's my change? You didn't spend it all, did you?all day/week/year etc (=the whole of a period of time): · I spent all day cleaning the house.
all of something that is large, long, or has a lot of parts, for example a large area of land, a long period of time, or a large group of people: · I didn't see her again for a whole year.· "I want the whole area searched!" said the chief of police.· She was so frightened, her whole body was shaking.· Nora had spent her whole life trying to find happiness.the whole of something (=all of a particular thing, time, or place): · She spent the whole of the journey complaining about her boyfriend.· The Romans conquered almost the whole of Western Europe.
all of something -- use this especially to show that you are annoyed or surprised by this: · I wasted an entire day waiting at the airport.· We realized that our entire conversation had been recorded.· This function of the word processor allows you to correct the entire document before printing.
the whole of something -- use this to emphasize that someone uses all of something, or that something covers all of an area: · Every inch of my niece's wall is covered with posters of pop groups.· We had to use every last bit of our savings.· I watched him drain every last drop out of the bottle.
including all of something such as an event, process, or piece of writing: · I've read the book three times from start to finish.· The whole case was badly handled from start to finish.
spoken including every part of something -- use this about someone moving, buying or selling all of something: · He moved the whole company, lock, stock, and barrel, to Mexico.· The Knolls have owned the town lock, stock, and barrel for 15 years.
affecting or including all of something
affecting everything or every part of a situation: · They want a total ban on cigarette advertising.· My parents had complete control over my life.· The satellite TV station is providing total coverage of the Olympic Games.
: blanket decision/statement/term etc one that affects every part of a situation: · A blanket requirement was announced by education officials -- all schools had to cut their budgets by 25%.· Dementia is a blanket term for various types of psychiatric disorder.
including or involving all or almost all the parts of a situation: · Even though some of the details are badly done, the overall effect of the painting is very dramatic.· His attitude towards his job seemed consistent with his overall approach to life.· Conference members agreed on an overall approach to drug abuse that focuses on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
involving all possible parts of an idea or system: · We've done a global study on the company's weaknesses.· Simon & Schuster said it no longer wanted the smaller company because it did not fit into its global strategy.
: all-embracing concept/statement/term etc (=one in which all features of a situation have been thought of and included) · The prison governor now has all-embracing powers to deal with any situation in the way he thinks fit.· Physicists are searching for one all-embracing theory that covers matter, energy, radiation, and gravity.
when you have almost done something or something has almost happened
· I've almost finished reading the newspaper.· It was early 1945, and the war had nearly ended.
especially spoken not completely or exactly, but almost - use this when the difference is not important: · Hanson's acting career appears to be pretty much over.· I had more or less convinced her that I was telling the truth.
almost completely: · Communist parties have practically disappeared in Europe.· Mexico's rainforest has been virtually destroyed.
not completely, but almost - use this to say that something has not happened, but that it almost has: not quite done/finished etc: · She hasn't quite finished her homework yet.· Give me five minutes - I'm not quite ready.
: all but over/finished/done very nearly finished or done: · By now the war was all but over.· "Can we go home now?" "Just one moment - I've all but finished my work."
almost at or in a particular situation, especially an extreme one: · The police describe the situation as approaching crisis proportions.· Dr Dunstable was in a state nearing nervous collapse.· I felt close to tears as I read Vera's letter.
to be very close to an extremely bad situation: · The two countries are on the brink of war.be on the verge of tears/death/hysteria etc: · Kerry is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
all the people in a group
all the people in a group, or people in general. Everyone is slightly more formal than everybody: · I think everyone enjoyed the party.· Everybody knows that too much fatty food is bad for you.· Help yourselves, there's plenty of food for everyone.everyone/everybody else (=all the other people): · I take lots of photographs of everybody else, but I don't have many of me.everyone but Ann/Mark/me etc (=all the people except Ann, Mark etc): · He blames everyone but himself for his problems.
every person in a group: · There was no-one in the office - they were all having lunch.all the/these/their/my etc: · John spoke for all the workers.· All my friends like my boyfriend.we all/you all/them all/us all: · We all felt tired so we didn't go out.· I decided to give them all another chance.all of: · Come in, all of you.· All of our great leaders have had reputations for being difficult to work with.all children/teachers etc (=used for making a general statement about people of the same kind): · All children love candy.almost/nearly all: · Nowadays, almost all employers will expect to see your CV before they call you for an interview.
everyone in the world, town, office etc - use this to emphasize that everyone is included: · On 13th May, Churchill spoke from London and the whole world listened.· Keep your voice down, you don't have to tell the whole office.· The whole town has been affected by this disaster. Everyone knows someone who died.
British spoken all the people in a group - use this especially when you do not like those people: · I hate the lot of them.· "Outside, the lot of you!'' he shouted.· Those two have tricked the lot of us.
use this to mean everyone in a group of people when you want to show that none of the people are important in any way: · Her sister told her mother, who then told all and sundry.· After the book signing Clancy stood around talking to all and sundry.
British all around American if there are smiles, tears etc all round , everyone in the group smiles, cries etc: · There were smiles all round as he stood up to make his speech.· There were tears all round when the time came for him to leave.· It was compliments all around as security operators celebrated a virtually trouble-free day.
only one, or only a small number
only one person or thing, or only a small number of people or things, and not anyone or anything else: · There was only one dress that she really liked.· Only rich people were able to travel abroad in those days.· You can only take one piece of hand baggage onto the plane.· You get only two chances - if you fail the exam twice you can't take it again.the only person/thing/place etc: · She's the only woman I've ever loved.be only for somebody (=only one person or group can use something): · These seats are only for first class passengers.
especially spoken only one person, thing, type, or group, or only a small number of them, especially when this is surprising: · "Were there a lot of people there?" "No, just me and David."· He started his own small shop - at first just selling newspapers, then books and magazines.· "Does everyone have to wear uniform?" "No, just the first year students."
the only thing or things, especially when this is disappointing, annoying, or surprising: · All Kevin ever talks about is football.· We were really hungry, but all we could find was some stale bread.· All I wanted was a bit of sympathy.
use this especially when you feel disappointed, annoyed, or surprised that something is the only thing there is or the only thing someone does: · There was nothing but salad to eat.· They did nothing but argue for the whole journey.
: one thing/person/time/problem etc the only person, thing etc and no others - use this to emphasize that there really is only one person or thing of this type: the one thing/person/time/problem etc: · She was the one friend that I could trust.· The one thing I don't like about my car is the colour.· The one time I forgot my umbrella was the day it rained.somebody's one regret/friend/mistake etc: · My one regret is that I never told Brad how I felt.
being the only one, when usually you would expect there to be more - used in newspapers and literature: · A lone gunman burst into his house and shot him dead.· Out of the stillness, a lone bird began to sing.
a solitary person, tree, building etc is the only one you can see in a place, and may therefore seem a little lonely or sad: · A solitary light shone in the street.· There was one solitary hotel left standing after the earthquake.· I could see a solitary figure outlined against the horizon.
formal the only person, thing etc, especially when you would expect there to be more or expect it to be different: · Everyone ignored my sole contribution to the conversation.the sole person/thing etc: · In many households, the woman is the sole breadwinner (=the only person who has a job).with the sole intention/objective/aim of doing something: · I think he came here with the sole intention of causing trouble.somebody's sole concern/objective etc: · NASA's sole concern was the safety of the astronauts.
made of, including, or involving only one thing or group, especially something special or something that is of good quality: · This shop sells clothes made exclusively of Indian materials.· The office staff are almost exclusively female.
a surprisingly small price/number/amount.
use this to say that a number, amount, price, size etc is surprisingly small: · I got these four chairs for only $99.· We only have a very small garden.· "Is it far?" "No, it's only a mile away."· She was only 17 when she got married.
only a small amount, number, period of time etc, especially when this is surprising and good: · There is a beautiful park just 300 metres from the busiest shopping street.· It took the firefighters just three minutes to arrive.· His car hit a wall, but he escaped with just cuts and bruises.just a littlealso just a bit British spoken (=only a small amount, number etc): · "Do you take milk?" "Just a little, please."
spoken say this when you are surprised because you expected a number, price etc to be higher: · "The tickets are $10." "Is that all?"· Is that all the money you've got?
use this to talk about something that is only a small amount or figure, or is lower than you would expect: a mere £50/three days/16% etc: · You can now buy computers from a mere £300.· The crossword took him a mere six and a half minutes.
use this to emphasize that something is small, unimportant, difficult to notice etc: · We were standing no more than 10 yards away from the scene of the crime and we didn't realize it.· David watched the car drive slowly away, until it was no more than a speck in the distance.
to try as hard as you can
· Come on, try as hard as you can!· I tried as hard as I could, but I still couldn't get everything into one suitcase.try as hard as you can to do something · She tried as hard as she could to look interested.
to try as hard as you can, even when the situation is difficult and you are not sure if you will succeed: · I don't know if I'll manage to get everything finished by Friday, but I'll certainly do my best.do/try your best to do something: · Harry did his best to sound calm, but it was obvious that he was really annoyed.· She tried her best not to laugh.
to try as hard as you can to do something, even though it is difficult or you do not have enough time, money etc to do it really well: · It's a very tough exam but just do the best you can.· More medical supplies will be arriving next week -- until then, doctors and nurses must do the best they can.do the best you can to do something: · I did the best I could to make him change his mind, but he refused.
informal to do everything possible to make an event, celebration, competition etc successful: · They gave me a great leaving party - they really pulled out all the stops.· If we pull out all the stops we should still be able to meet our deadline.
informal to try to do something as well as you can, even though you do not have all the necessary skills or equipment: · I'm not promising I'll succeed, but I'll give it my best shot.
to try as much as you possibly can, and for as long as possible, to achieve something very difficult: · We have done our utmost. There is no more we could possibly do.do your utmost to do something: · The Secretary of State assured reporters that the Administration was doing its utmost to avoid war.
to use every possible method to try to do something: · I'm trying to help -- I'm doing everything I possibly can.· I did everything I could to raise money, including selling my house.· Her mother did all she could to encourage Tracy to study medicine.
to use all your energy and determination to achieve something that is personally very important to you: · She gave her all in the last race, but it wasn't quite good enough to win.
if you do something as best you can , especially something difficult or unpleasant, you try as hard as you can to do it because you cannot change the situation: · I cleaned the car up as best I could, but it still looked a mess.· We'll have to manage as best we can without you.
if you do something to the best of your ability , you do it as well as you can, even if you are not sure that you are doing it very well: · I have always done my work to the best of my ability.· All the children competed and performed to the best of their ability.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=during the whole of your life, a day, a year etc) He had worked all his life in the mine. The boys played video games all day.
 They were quarrelling all the time (=very often or continuously).
 Hannah didn’t say a single word all the way back home (=during the whole of the journey).
· All the students have gone home.
· All of the students have gone home.
· Everyone liked the film.
· They all liked the film.
· They want to protect the rights of all people.
· All people who take part in sport should have regular check-ups.
· Almost all people with the disease have smoked at some time in their lives.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Naturally, my mother wanted to know all about it (=all the details relating to it).
 Leadership is all about getting your team to co-operate.
(=used to say that something is more important than anything else) Max is hard-working, cheerful, and above all honest.
· You left the lights on all afternoon.
 We’ve got the all clear for the new project.
 all-in deals to Australia and New Zealand
 an all-inclusive vacation cruise
 Canada will have to go all out on the ice if they want to win.
 Are you feeling all right?
 The kids seem to be getting on all right at school.
 Tony was worried about the meeting but it went all right (=happened with no problems).
 Don’t worry, it’ll turn out all right.
 We’ll eat at eight. Does that sound all right to you?
 ‘Thanks for all your help!’ ‘That’s quite all right.’
 ‘I get eight weeks’ holiday a year.‘ ’Well, it’s all right for some.'
 The price of wheat had reached an all-time low.
 They reached an all-time record score.
 Marsha visits her son almost every day.
 It was scary being all alone in a strange city.
 She was all alone in the world (=she had no family or friends to help her or look after her).
 There were cheering crowds all along Pennsylvania Avenue.
 They haven’t shown any interest at all in my research.
 We would hear the birds singing all around us.
· The training course covers all aspects of business.
(=that is done with a lot of determination)· General Smith was in favour of an all-out attack on the enemy.
 We’d just like to wish him all the best in his new job.
(=a lot of very famous actors)· The movie features an all-star cast.
 I decided to chuck it all in and go to Australia.
 The play has become an American classic.
 It all comes down to money in the end.
 I tried to explain everything to her, but it came out all wrong (=not in the way I intended).
 We are trying to reach an agreement with all concerned (=everyone who is involved or affected).
· CIA officers denied all knowledge of the operation.
(=deserve any bad things that happen to you)· She's behaved really stupidly and she deserves all she gets.
 Gambling can all too easily become an addiction (=used to say that something bad is very possible).
(=including a balance of lots of different subjects)· The school offers a good all-round education.
 Above all else (=more than any other things) she was seeking love.
 a little animal preserved for all eternity as a fossil
(=something is the main cause of bad things)· Love of money is the root of all evil.
(=greater or better than someone expected)· The task took two months to complete, but it was successful far beyond all expectations.
(=their feelings can be seen very clearly in their expression)· You’re jealous – it’s written all over your face!
(=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way)
 If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation.
 This kind of situation was all too familiar (=very familiar) to John.
· This is a game which all the family can enjoy.
 For all its faults (=in spite of its faults) we love this city.
 For all his faults (=in spite of his faults) he was a good father.
 First of all we’d better make sure we’ve got everything we need.
(=support something very much) I’m all for giving people more freedom.
 Excellent teamwork from our staff has brought improvement on all fronts.
· Most of the time he sat around doing fuck all.
 Until I heard her sing I couldn’t see what all the fuss was about (=why people liked it so much).
 She has all the gen on cheap flights.
 Babies make her go all gooey.
 Jack Nicklaus is one of golf’s all-time greats.
 The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
 This kind of thing happens all the time.
 Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s.
 Oil prices have hit rock-bottom.
(=of many kinds) political opinions of every hue
 We want a clean healthy environment for all humanity.
 The fully inclusive fare for the trip is £22.
· He’s done all kinds of work.
 I know all about David and what he’s been up to!
 Politicians know all about the power of language.
(=used when giving a final point or piece of information) Last of all, I’d like to thank everyone for coming.
 When he was writing, he lost all sense of time.
 Public confidence in the legal system is at an all-time low (=much lower or worse than ever before).
 You don’t believe in ghosts and all that malarkey, do you?
 All that matters is that you are safe. Money was the only thing which mattered to him.
 He swung the axe again with all his might.
 He seems to be milking the incident for all it’s worth (=getting as much from it as possible).
(=used to say that a situation happened because of a mistake)· He couldn’t bring himself to tell her it was all a mistake.
(=used when saying that a situation happened because of a mistake)· Why don’t you call him and tell him it was all a misunderstanding?
 Most of all, I just felt sad that it was over.
 I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.
(=used to emphasize how bad something was) Never in all my life have I felt so humiliated.
· He looked as if he’d been up all night.
(=used to emphasize that something continues for the whole night)· The noise continued all night long!
 ‘Was there any mail?’ ‘No, none at all.’
(=used to emphasize what you are saying) The changes were not at all surprising. I do not like his attitude at all.
 ‘Do you know much about business?’ ‘Nothing at all.’
(=despite something seeming very unlikely)· Against all odds, he recovered from his illness.
 ‘Can you lend me ten pounds?’ ‘Oh, all right, but only until tomorrow.’
(=in every part) They said they had cleaned up but there were bottles all over the place. Scientists from all over the world gather here.
 I owe it all to you.
 Sometimes I feel like packing it all in and going off travelling.
(also every part of something)· He had access to all parts of the factory.
 politicians of all persuasions
 the all-pervasive mood of apathy
 The news of the wedding was plastered all over the papers (=was the main story in the newspapers).
 I’ve read practically all of his books.
· The price of oil has hit an all-time record.
 You may think you’re poor, but it’s all relative (=you are not poor compared to some people).
 The love of money is the root of all evil.
 The ballroom’s huge, with windows all the way round.
 There was a lovely courtyard with tables all round.
 changes that are affecting the weather all round the world
 She’s seen it all before (=has experienced so much that nothing surprises her) in her long career.
· He seemed to have lost all sense of proportion.
 Are you all set for the trip?
· She was shaking all over, partly from cold, partly from shock.
British English (=to suddenly become very shy) Oh, have you gone all shy, Jenny?
 May I say in all sincerity that we could not have achieved this much without your help and support.
(=be happy or friendly and smile a lot)· One moment he’s all smiles, the next moment he shouts at me.
 The holidays were over all too soon (=much earlier than you would like).
(=many different sorts)· He collects all sorts of musical instruments.
 Calm down. It’s all sorted.
British English (=when all the workers in a factory, industry etc strike)· The dockers voted for an all-out strike.
(=in which all the workers have stopped working completely)· The company faces an all-out strike next month.
 He’s talked to me about all that stuff too.
· By now, we were not at all sure where we were.
 The fighting went on all through the night.
(=used to tell a group of people to all say or do something at the same time) Right men. All together now ... push!
 Petra’s lost all trace of her German accent.
 I think he’s a genuinely nice guy underneath it all.
 It’s terrible – she lets her kids just walk all over her.
 Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.
· All I want is a normal life.
 I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).
(=in every part of the world)· The city attracts visitors from all over the world.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • A kitten, of all things.
  • He of all people picks his words carefully.
  • She heard, of all things, a piano.
  • She was a homeless wanderer until tiny Delos alone of all places on earth consented to receive her.
  • So, in Missouri, of all places, my Koreanization began.
  • The rest of my offences were committed in self-defence, when I found the hands of all People were against me.
  • There I was admitted by the butler, of all people.
  • William Forsyth began it before he sold out, with the help of John Brown, of all people.
  • It wasn't funny, but all in all it was a good movie.
  • But all in all, it was a surprisingly effective night of music.
  • But, all in all, we think this is a rotten idea.
  • I've made three bombs all in all.
  • It was, all in all, more like a prison than an office.
  • None the less, he is, all in all, glad he went to Tufts.
  • So all in all its a great place.
  • We got it done all in all.
  • Yes, all in all, a dreadful little show was being staged for me, up here on the twenty-first floor.
► for all something
  • I think there were about 25 of us in all.
  • Braces came in all sizes and types.
  • Despite the problems with groups they remain a major fact of life in all organizations.
  • I must confess that in all the times I read Madame Bovary, I never noticed the heroine's rainbow eyes.
  • Intrinsic factor and hydrogen-potassium ATPase activity were found in all specimens, including those of 13 and 15 weeks' gestation.
  • The product identifier should be noted carefully and either the identifier or the title used in all further operations for this product.
  • There it stood, covered with faux snow in all its V-8-powered glory.
  • Thereafter 3 sets of 10 repetitions should be used for most exercises in all routines.
  • When you bury a veggie in all that fat, do the benefits outweigh the risks?
  • Day after day we were fog-bound in East Anglia and all our aircraft were grounded.
  • Great determination and guts and all that sort of thing.
  • She had survived the accident, and all that mess afterwards.
  • Six different nationalities were represented, ages were from 24 to 35 and all were from different backgrounds.
  • The concept of reason and all speculation about personal opinion would ever after be dismissed as tribal, beliefs fabricated by sects.
  • These provide clean, comfortable accommodation with private facilities, and all are offered on a bed and breakfast basis.
  • Yes, about the fancy dress, the Dior accessories, and all of that.
► all of 50p/20 minutes etc
  • The deal is all or nothing.
  • It's all or nothing and being strong enough to take the flak if things go wrong.
  • It's all or nothing with her.
  • Joe was the kind of guy who gave his all every moment on the job.
  • She gave her all in the last race, but it wasn't quite good enough to win.
  • And I gave her all my power.
  • Andrea Lo Cicero was another who gave his all, a prop who could run and tackle and still do the basics.
  • Gill and Bernard give her all she needs.
  • He supposed that the man with the Northern actorish accent had given her all the advice she needed.
  • He won't have a go if you have a bad game, but he expects everyone to give their all.
  • I give her all my money.
  • It was unfair to drop players who had given their all against West Indies and to bring in others against Sri Lanka.
  • Piphros had given her all the information possible in a limited way.
  • I followed one up the motorway just yesterday and it was all I could do to not retch.
  • When pro golfer Tiger Woods won the Masters two weeks ago, it was all I could do to suppress a yawn.
► when all’s said and done► all sorts/kinds of wrong/crazy etc
  • Access at all times with own key.
  • Gabby found herself wondering how Jane put up with them at all.
  • In 1956, the contrast from conduct at all previous conventions was startling.
  • Keep one eye on them at all times to avoid problems.
  • My job as duty officer involves keeping Teesside Airport running smoothly at all times.
  • The game evolved into the kind of event that you feared would either feature the headliner little, or not at all.
  • The good cross country horse must think forwards at all times.
  • To the hunter, temporal or spatial measurements mattered very little, if at all.
  • After that, they subjected me to all kinds of examinations and procedures.
  • At that special level all sorts of odd things happened..
  • Damaged anemones are open to all sorts of bacterial diseases which can be fatal.
  • No one company offers the best or worst deals in all countries or for all types of car.
  • Now here was Lisa, claiming her innocence, claiming all sorts of prosecutorial abuse.
  • Now, all kinds of marvellous technologies are used to read the message of the nucleic acids.
  • Producers are obstructed by governments in all sorts of ways, but enterprises are, by and large, private.
  • There are all sorts of machines being developed to upgrade security.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► it’s all about somebody/something
  • And what was all that about sending him your regards?
  • I've seen her around a few times, but that's about it.
  • There's some ham in the fridge, and that's about it.
  • Behaviour in a vacuum may be very interesting but that's about all.
  • I can tell the difference between a sparrow and a swan and that's about it.
  • Oh well, that's about it.
  • Soundblaster effects such as laser fire and explosions are terrific but that's about it.
  • That's about all I can tell you.
  • That's about it for this month.
  • They're very big, and they're very expensive, and that's about all you can say for them.
  • Unfortunately when it comes to originality that's about all the game has to offer.
  • By all accounts, Garcia was an excellent manager.
  • Astor was a shy, austere and, by all accounts, unlovable man.
  • But Alice was the only one of the Pritchetts who had, from all accounts, risen above her station in life.
  • Caligula was degenerate but, by all accounts, did not deign to hide the fact.
  • Elephants, by all accounts, were pretty strong too.
  • Now there's Dan Crawley in hospital with the pneumonia, and poor Jenny is penniless by all accounts.
  • Shaughnessy was a heroic figure-a brilliant writer and by all accounts a splendid teacher and leader.
  • She was calculating and ambitious, and by all accounts at least a competent journalist.
  • The original building was, by all accounts, demolished when St. John's railway station was constructed on its present site.
  • Still, it all adds up to an interesting polemic.
  • Twenty hours, $ 14m and 33 actors-it all adds up to..
  • He wrote to say they couldn't give me a job after all.
  • I don't know why you're so concerned; after all, it isn't your problem.
  • Rita didn't have my pictures after all - Jake did.
  • But some things are private, after all.
  • Is that on the cards, or has Unesco got some rules that he is going to enforce after all?
  • It was her father's home, after all.
  • It was their country, after all.
  • Printing and presentation should be as attractive as possible - after all the library is an attractive place isn't it?
  • Something should be celebrated after all, in these dim days.
  • These are, after all, very familiar species.
  • At the police station they asked me the same questions all over again.
  • The computer crashed and deleted all my work - I had to start the essay all over again.
  • The prospect of writing the report all over again made me feel completely depressed.
  • There's no tape in the machine. We'll have to start the interview all over again.
  • A toy would have run down eventually, but Anna would undoubtedly start up all over again in the morning.
  • And then they started it all over again.
  • At first, it was jobs all over again.
  • It was Lillie Langtry all over again, the old ones said wisely.
  • Men thus instructed often found it easier to get on with it than to try and explain the danger all over again.
  • The bank nurse all over again.
  • The threatening phone calls started all over again.
  • There are still times, even after Jasper, when I have to catch on all over again.
► all-day/all-night► the all clear
  • It's all go around here this morning. Ten new orders, all marked "URGENT'.
  • Yes, it's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest.
  • But if it's all right for wives to have this status, then it's all right for cohabitees too.
  • It's all right for you.
► I’m all right Jack► it’ll be all right on the night
  • Anyway, I did all right.
  • He did all right in that Navy movie, whatever it was.
  • Wow, so you guys must do all right then, him?
  • It's all right. Mommy's here now.
  • I think it's all right.
  • I will do the opposite, if it's all right by you-and always be glad you came.
  • It's all right but he prefers Cabanaconda.
  • It's all right, my darling, Mrs Jourdelay's driving us.
  • Now, Benny, it's all right.
► it’s/that’s all right
  • Grant arrived on the battlefield to find the Federals under heavy pressure all along their front.
  • He has been polite to Paul all along.
  • It was something he knew all along.
  • It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker.
  • That has been my position all along.
  • The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see.
  • They probably thought I was crazy all along.
  • We told Kelly all along what the doctors were saying.
  • Anyone can claim to have all the answers.
  • But I don't have all the answers.
  • He was a modest and unassuming man who never gave the impression that he knew all the answers.
  • In the current situation many issues as yet remain unresolved and we do not have all the answers.
  • We are supposed to have all the answers.
  • Will that have all the answers?
  • Is food and comfort the be-all and end-all?
  • However, it was said that looking at the employee's base was not the be-all and end-all.
  • However, weight is not the be-all and end-all and you must keep a check on your general shape and fitness.
  • You can lose five pounds a week on this diet. And best of all, you never have to feel hungry.
  • But Black Mountain was often not the best of all possible worlds.
  • I'd have liked best of all to have stuffed his mouth with hay.
  • I appeal to all who have ever known this best of all hospitals - fight for Bart's.
  • Of all the participants Reagan came out best of all.
  • Oh, but best of all was the chair in which I myself was destined momentarily to sit.
  • That was the thing he loved best of all: running free.
  • The Corps was a know-how, can-do outfit, possibly the best of all the outfits that came to town.
  • Tell him I said goodbye and wish him all the best.
  • A facility that's said to represent all the best in car manufacturing worldwide.
  • He wanted to give it all the best that was in him, of which he had more than he needed.
  • In fact they are regularly seen around all the best joints.
  • Maybe it was true that the Devil got all the best lines.
  • On the surface, at least, Bonita Vista has all the best qualities of a racially diverse campus.
  • The movement has got all the best stories, even if it's a little short on facts.
  • They came, all the best and noblest, to join the company.
  • They still kept almost all the best in-state players.
  • And it was all the better for being hosted by real-deal Alice Cooper rather than fat phoney Phill Jupitus.
  • And the piece was all the better for it.
  • My grandmother therefore moulded my life, and I believe I am all the better for it.
  • Spa towns, though, are all the better for looking somewhat passé and Eaux-Bonnes is more passé than most.
  • The game at Twickenham today will be all the better for the inclusion of the National Anthem.
  • Well, a statement like that is all the better for proof, but go on, anyway.
► be a bit of all right► be blazed across/all over something
  • This case has been blown totally out of proportion because of the media attention.
  • The issue was blown far out of proportion.
  • Have you ever in all your born days seen the like?
  • I never saw so many snarls in all my born days.
  • I hope she does some work at home. She does bugger all in the office.
  • You'll get bugger all thanks for helping them.
► and all that business
  • He pushed all the right buttons.
  • These are words which are all designed to press the right buttons among women voters.
  • Dave spent Christmas all by himself.
  • Do you think you can move the couch by yourself?
  • Katherine made the cookies all by herself.
  • You can't go home by yourself in the dark.
  • He came at once, by himself, as she had asked.
  • One proposal by itself was anathema; the two together were poison.
  • Our car was half full, and we were assigned to a row by ourselves.
  • She'd managed that all by herself.
  • Similarly, Spong believes that homosexuality, by itself, is not a sin.
  • Stanford... well, Stanford is in a class by itself.
  • The land by itself could not support the population.
  • I had a terrible day at work, and to cap it all off I got a flat tire.
  • And to cap it all off, when she was tied-up she couldn't run backwards, so she lay down instead!
  • And to cap it all she could feel the ominous beginnings of a thundering headache.
  • And to cap it all, the bland sleazy boredom of it all.
  • And, to cap it all, Wimbledon won the Cup.
  • "Dave's moving to Boston." "He can move to Timbuktu, for all I care."
  • For much of 1981 and early 1982 the Social Democrats seemed to carry all before them.
  • Hollywood had carried all before it but even the Hollywood product was fairly diversified.
  • Neath carried all before them in winning the inaugural Heineken League last season - or did they?
  • The conventional view, then as now, was that Lanfranc had carried all before him in asserting the rights of Canterbury.
► old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all► come over (all) shy/nervous etc
  • But Perot is listed as an independent candidate, and he promised a nominating process open to all comers.
  • But some doctors have a history of abusing that trust for profit, prescribing unnecessary and ineffective diet regimes to all comers.
  • Despite the requirement to open contracts and business opportunities to all comers, somehow those countries manage to choose their own nationals.
  • His hospitality knew no respect of persons; the abbey-gates stood open for all comers who needed either refreshment or lodging ...
  • If you are a good competitor, you take on all comers.
  • Next Saturday, the Blues' custodian is back between the posts again, taking on all comers.
  • The Mantela was an honest ship, with no frills, but ready to take on all comers.
  • The non-profit group is devoted to teaching the style, opening their doors wide to all comers.
  • And apologists for Labour's refusal to organise in Northern Ireland can not in all conscience describe themselves as democrats.
  • I have a hard time separating one statement resulting from torture from another and I can not in good conscience do so.
  • Yet as Dunkers they could not in conscience support the use of force or pay disrespect to the Crown.
  • Bright was turned down on both counts by Field, whose principal consideration was the weather.
  • By contrast, Gordon says, the Net fails on several counts.
  • He had failed on both counts.
  • He was convicted by a jury on all counts and sentenced to 41 months in prison.
  • He was too ambitious on both counts.
  • I am afraid that, on all counts, it is going to fall down.
  • I find this unconvincing on several counts.
  • Missing Valuables Dear Missing: Yes, on both counts.
  • Stacked humbuckers are one solution but Chandler's Firebird pickups cover all the bases equally well, while sounding refreshingly individual.
► something is not all/everything it’s cracked up to be
  • The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.
  • This company is firing on all cylinders.
  • Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults.
  • As the mysterious man following Blackeyes, Nigel Planer speaks at last, though he has damn all to say.
  • He replied that he knew damn all about it but would swear it was.
  • Oh, damn all this killing.
  • She had damn all in the way of information, let alone the illusion of town hall propaganda.
► dash it (all)!► be all in a day’s work
  • Hurry up, we don't have all day!
  • But Sally does not have all day here.
► be all downhill (from here)/be downhill all the way (from here)
  • Apparently they had not approached with due respect to the spirits of the Hills.
  • Dad, with all due respect, was not exactly the most suitable husband.
  • The Home Office was willingly cooperating with other authorities to ensure the events passed off peacefully and with due respect.
  • Yet, with all due respect, are there not too many central bankers stalking the globe?
  • Everyone was all ears as soon as I mentioned a cash prize.
  • Go ahead, I'm all ears.
  • Tell me exactly what happened. I'm all ears.
► put all your eggs in one basket
  • He had surely taken part in the war to end all wars.
  • It was the cathedral to end all cathedrals.
  • The big one's coming, the war to end all wars.
  • The funeral to end all funerals.
  • The pageant to end all pageants.
  • The plot concerns a strategy conceived and agreed by the women of the world to end all wars.
► it’ll (all) end in tears► end your life/end it all
  • All other things being equal, schools where parents are highly involved are more likely to run effectively.
  • Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.
  • But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
  • But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
  • It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
  • Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
  • The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
► all expenses paid► all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc
  • Ah, come on; all's fair in love and war, Cameron.
  • She was all fingers and thumbs - and worry.
  • The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.
  • This company is firing on all cylinders.
  • Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults.
► go the way of all flesh
  • But these pronouncements should not be taken as the fount of all wisdom.
  • Cassie Willmott, the fount of all knowledge.
  • Billy was down on all fours playing with the puppy.
  • Get away from it all in sunny Barbados.
  • Coe, on the other hand, is getting away from it all with a weeks holiday in Helsinki.
► give somebody time/a few weeks/all day etc
  • If Hal went all out, he could win any one of them; but that would be bad for morale.
  • If Lynne Perrie wants something she believes in going all out to get it.
  • Marketers go all out for these events.
  • On my last day as head of the mess Sanborn and his staff went all out.
  • The Bordeaux exhibition goes all out for an abundance of images.
  • The poplars and fireweed have gone all out for flight, compromises be damned.
  • Three, you went all out to persuade me to call Sandy to break the news about Ed's murder.
  • Well, you have to go all out for it.
  • Better to accept it's all gone.
  • But it is starting to look as though it's all going sour.
  • But now they're here it's all going splendidly.
  • It's all gone very quiet over there!
  • It can't be helped ... Together for an instant and then smash it's all gone still its worth it.
  • Now it's all gone quiet.
  • So it's all going to go ahead as per the script.
  • Yes, it's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest.
► all the go► God is in his heaven, all’s right with the world
  • "When are we going to open the presents?" "All in good time."
  • "When are you going to pay me?" "All in good time."
  • But don't fret, you shall have a puppy all in good time.
  • Don't worry about it man - it's all good.
  • But it's all good practice, a good day out.
  • It's all good clean shaven fun.
  • If the higher insurance rates means that drivers will be extra careful, then it's all to the good.
  • And I think you will agree it will be to the best advantage of all if the holidays were curtailed.
  • If he had something special for her, that was all to the good.
  • It was encouraging, it was all to the good, it made his decision seem timely, fixed to favorable circumstances.
  • One can reckon that to be all to the good, from a stranger.
  • That would be all to the good.
  • This is all to the good.
  • This meant all trains had to stop and, as Lydham Heath was our station, this was all to the good.
  • This will increase efficiency and be to the good of the respective communities.
  • However, 44% of you feel that these reports should leave the gory details out and 39% feel they encourage copycat crimes.
  • Log on and get the gory details.
► it’s all Greek to me
  • Humans had become mere technical grist to the mill like any base metal.
  • In fact, all the events' of daily life are grist to the mill of these popular singers.
  • This is all grist to the mill of orthodox social democratic analyses of crime.
  • Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing.
  • Kasparov has won, but Karpov went down with all guns blazing to an honourable defeat.
  • Naomi has moved in, with all guns blazing.
  • It's all hands on deck as the crew work as team to make the show look its best.
  • It was all hands on deck as they worked flat out over a weekend in March.
  • Adrienne paused to scan her face before taking her coat and hanging it in the closet.
  • And you can hang it up.
  • He hangs it out of sight, through a curtained doorway next to the bar.
  • He weaves an apple blossom wreath and hangs it from a branch.
  • Take off your coat and hang it up.
  • Their decision to hang it on a beam in the barn was an acknowledgment of how little it belonged.
  • They looked around for somewhere to hang it.
  • Each time you let it all hang out, you lower your threshold for doing it again.
  • My face resembled the back of one of those baboons who let it all hang out at mating time.
  • Now you can anonymously let it all hang out online.
  • Was it possible to go too far, or should he just let it all hang out?
  • We let it all hang out.
  • Helen used to have the house to herself.
  • I have said to myself that that is wrong.
  • I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
  • Most of the people in the boardinghouse would go home, and he and I would have the house to ourselves.
  • Mummy stopped the car at once, even though the pizza parlour was so crowded that they couldn't have a table to themselves.
  • Of course, the Little Sprouts and the Plumpsters could have kept to themselves.
  • She regrets she is so much in the way of the young people, who really should have some time to themselves.
  • They could; and should have won this match and the players have to look to themselves.
► be struck all of a heap
  • I believed that with all my heart.
  • And I am glad, yes, glad with all my heart.
  • And you do it with all your heart in order to f fulfill whatever.
  • He held that microphone steady with all his heart.
  • I believe with all my heart that we were about to be overrun.
  • I wish with all my heart I could believe what you say.
  • It had seemed right in that split second; now she wished with all her heart that she hadn't done it.
  • Debbie told him to shut up, he slapped her, and then all hell broke loose.
  • When a fan jumped onto the stage, all hell broke loose.
  • A sparrow hawk appeared - and all hell broke loose!
  • And then, all hell broke loose.
  • But then all hell broke loose, geologically speaking, as increasing numbers of sources for the rock were discovered.
  • Journalists woke him up in his bed with the news and, as I suspected, all hell broke loose.
  • Not at all bad considering that all hell broke loose in September and the City was rocked by events outside its control.
  • She started to strip off, all hell broke loose and he bolted while plain-clothes officers moved in to stage a cover-up.
  • What actually happened was that I was as drunk as anybody in the barracks the night all hell broke loose.
  • When the story was leaked to the press, all hell broke loose.
  • She raised her daughter by herself.
  • She was sitting at a table by herself.
  • By herself she could jump over fences and ditches better than her brothers.
  • Ellie McGlynn was there, standing by herself on the front porch.
  • He sidled into her mind, usually when she was by herself but not always; he wasn't shy.
  • It was so tragic that the girl should be going through all this by herself.
  • Minna had gone away quietly all by herself, probably to meet Zbigniew Shapira at a Danzig hotel.
  • She wanted to be by herself, where there were no lights.
  • She was too weak to get out of bed by herself, but she might be calling Lester to help her.
  • She wouldn't have to deal with Anna by herself.
  • She had the house to herself while her parents were gone.
  • Helen used to have the house to herself.
  • How could she have done this to herself?
  • Don's traveling by himself.
  • He's standing up by himself already.
  • But on the campaign trail, Coles sometimes seems like a boxer in the ring by himself.
  • He walked slowly, all by himself.
  • He was to be placed with another inmate the next day, but wound up in a cell by himself.
  • I think Sadlowski by himself could have kept it that simple.
  • Once Hopkinson arrived late for breakfast to find the Colonel by himself reading a newspaper.
  • Sir Henry agreed to help in this way, and to go by himself to the Stapletons that evening.
  • The day he stood alone, by himself, without holding on, he roared out his triumph.
  • When the officers retired, Hashim used to jump down and play squash by himself.
  • Jerry wanted to have the company all to himself.
  • But he might just as well have been talking to himself.
  • Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself?
  • I wanted Seve to have the stage to himself - he'd earned it.
  • If he can't have you all to himself, he won't want you at all.
  • She had hoped Travis would have kept it to himself.
  • In areas such as research, larger well-financed firms hold all the cards.
  • It seemed that he held all the cards and that there was nothing she could do but say 'yes'.
  • Politically, the logging industry holds all the cards.
  • But it just seemed that he held all the cards, he made all the decisions.
  • He held all the cards and it would be an upset if he lost.
  • Men still held all the cards.
  • Nowhere else does the evolutionary battle take place in an arena where, in effect, one player holds all the cards.
  • Ross did hold all the cards, she acknowledged bitterly.
  • In all honesty, I'm thinking of taking another year off.
  • But in all honesty... he needs a long rest.
  • It was not, in all honesty, an auspicious debut.
  • Many have been produced in all honesty as book illustrations or in celebration of some interesting event or anniversary.
► what’s (all) the hurry?/why (all) the hurry?
  • His alibi turns out to have been provided, in all innocence, by his twin!
  • The offended divinity gave not a thought to whether the youth had purposely insulted her or had come there in all innocence.
► to all intents and purposes
  • The door's not going to close by itself.
  • Will the dog be safe left in the car by itself?
  • About twice as many, for depression by itself.
  • But then, I think the Nagumo Force can handle this operation all by itself.
  • It's in there by itself.
  • Let the fatuous sun shine by itself and let's head for the moon.
  • Perhaps now he could see why the drawing was in a space by itself.
  • The growth in members is meaningless all by itself.
  • The threat of lawsuits by itself is a major factor in driving up health care costs.
  • To begin with, by itself it doesn't produce anything.
  • This idea deserves a chapter to itself.
  • Even a predator as powerful as a tiger wants to avoid risk of damage to itself.
  • His only strategy is to take small steps and to carry the local vector parallel to itself over each step.
  • In the schools we have visited the curriculum does connect, both to kids and to itself.
  • It should create a voice that is unique to itself.
  • The family itself is a self-contained, almost private, institution - a world to itself.
  • Under a 3600 rotation, a boson state-vector goes back to itself, not to its negative.
  • Until the beginning of this year, Congress had not applied to itself a single civil-rights or workplace statute passed this century.
  • Yggdrasil composed an exquisite sonnet that deserved to live for centuries, but kept it to itself.
  • Yeah, bring in the candy bars, the cookies, and all that jazz.
  • The cookies and all that jazz.
  • I opened the window, and for all I know it's still open.
  • It cost millions. It could be billions for all I know.
  • And they probably have cameras on it for all I know.
  • During the war for all I know?
  • He might even be her source, for all I knew.
  • Snow and ice were deadly for all I knew, never having driven on either.
  • The real losers will, for all I know, eat dirt.
  • There were a few people around, polishing and sweeping, and maybe spreading incense for all I knew.
  • You might be from the newspapers, for all I know.
► be laughing all the way to the bank
  • Dave doesn't take anything seriously, least of all himself.
  • Nobody wants to stop you from following the career of your choice, least of all me.
  • She told no one, least of all her husband, what she planned to do.
  • James was no model of deportment anywhere, least of all in his marital and other personal relations.
  • Life is no bed of roses for the new dealer, least of all if female and of a gullible disposition.
  • No one thought it was a goal of mine, least of all me.
  • Nobody, least of all the chancellor, one suspects, is banking on this.
  • Not least of all, it is the San Diego neighborhood that many gays have long embraced as their own.
  • They were not people who smiled much, least of all at children.
  • This wasn't yet a case for the police, least of all for him.
  • Truth is, no one has laughed at the inconsistent Campbell lately, least of all the Nets.
  • In all likelihood, Davis will be traded to the Dallas Cowboys.
  • After all, my reputation is in all likelihood blasted in any event.
  • I shall die when I am between seventy-five and eighty, in all likelihood.
  • Nader's presidential run, in all likelihood, will cost Gore the White House.
  • Principally, says Stern, because Molto is, in all likelihood, not going to testify.
  • Ray, in all likelihood, would refuse.
  • Stress is high, but in all likelihood, enough things are going well to keep you afloat for now.
  • Ten thousand dollars, which in all likelihood has been accruing interest all this time.
  • That necessary ditching, in all likelihood, will now be done in time for the next election.
  • Just went around in my wrapper all the livelong day, my mama would faint.
  • He just sat at a table ticking off numbers all day long.
  • He loved growing things, and in Florida he could work his garden all year long.
  • I suppose that if we include New Zealand, we can claim to have new season lamb practically all year long.
  • She'd sail the lake all day long if I let her.
  • Smashing down mogul fields all day long, day after day, sounds great to skiers in their 20s.
  • So all day long her thoughts fought with each other.
  • The docks were experiencing a boom in trade and all day long a steady stream of customers came and went.
  • There is just so little meaning in what I do almost all day long!
► all is not lost► love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love
  • It costs a fortune to buy a Porsche - some people have all the luck.
  • All manner of foodstuffs lay scattered on the kitchen table.
  • Health food stores promote all manner of herbs to prevent colds.
  • This small portable oven is capable of cooking all manner of baked goods.
  • Glover felt hot under the collar; it would seem that all manner of deranged people were managing to outsmart him.
  • That neutrality is often criticized as hypocritical: all manner of metaphysical conclusions-as above-are usually taken as gospel.
  • The divide was confirmed in all manner of ways.
  • The first tee attracts all manner of casual onlookers.
  • The objects left in the churchyard were open to all manner of interpretation and imagination could run riot.
  • Traditional boundaries between the counties were ignored so that all manner of sporting and social organizations were threatened with disturbance.
  • Where they scrape against one another, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain belts and all manner of geological phenomena arise.
  • Wildlife in the Soviet Union is exploited in all manner of ways.
► by all means!► it’s all in the mind
  • As I told you once, we all make mistakes in our youth.
  • I have all mod cons and Mrs B. All I have to do is relax.
  • Peugeot and Citroen countered that by providing diesel models decked out with all mod cons.
  • The little Peugeot has all mod cons with power steering and an air bag.
  • The property has many interesting features and all mod cons.
  • In all modesty, I think I've matured quite a bit since those days.
  • He knew his son was all mouth and trousers but fair is fair, and family is family.
  • Actually, I kind of wanted to be by myself tonight.
  • I ate a whole gallon of ice cream by myself.
  • All 41 tests were witnessed by myself or other members of the Requalification group and results compared against identified criteria.
  • All the instructors are carefully selected by myself and they offer a very special service.
  • And I have done it by myself.
  • But I can't reach the window by myself.
  • I go to the movies by myself one autumn evening.
  • I was out driving around by myself.
  • The next night, when I found it by myself, I bonded.
  • I had a whole lane in the swimming pool to myself.
  • I didn't have Mum to myself because all the others were around.
  • I get home and I have no time to myself.
  • I have a duty to myself and to my reader to express what follows with truth and dignity.
  • I have an office to myself.
  • I have been re-transformed to myself and this civilised gloom.
  • I have said to myself that that is wrong.
  • I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
  • The bedroom upstairs is all ready for my brother, and I'd prefer to have that floor to myself anyway.
  • I always feel they are open meetings in everything but name.
  • Since then the craggy little republic of 650,000-odd people has been independent in all but name.
  • Soon Jack and Courtney's marriage was also over in everything but name.
  • The players should therefore be treated like the professionals they are in all but name, and be paid for their work.
► you need only do something/all you need do is ...► that’s all I need/that’s just what I didn’t need► make (all) the right noises (about something)
  • I do not like his attitude at all.
  • No, no, no, that's wrong. That's not what I meant at all.
  • She's not at all happy about the situation.
  • The changes were not at all surprising.
  • But better in the nick of time than not at all.
  • Everything is preserved perfectly or not at all.
  • For example, the abstract either comes first or not at all.
  • He's not at all well.
  • I see her again, very straight, dressed in light colors, not at all showy.
  • She pushes down her dress but is not at all embarrassed.
  • Their steady, reliable earnings growth attracts investors primarily when the economy is growing slowly or not at all.
  • I've seen cases of this kind of child abuse all too often.
  • But what should be a happy and fulfilling experience all too often is not.
  • Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land.
  • In regard to the use of field interviewers, the social and psychological aspects of studies are all too often ignored.
  • It is somehow reassuring that, all too often, there is a not a table to be had.
  • Sadly, their struggles all too often end up in disillusionment and sometimes, in death.
  • Successful experiments all too often remain marginal, if they have no political clout.
  • The first time they're a novelty, after that they're all too often an irritation.
  • Yet gays turning to churches and other institutions for help all too often were told not to worry.
  • All at once the trailer started shaking.
  • All at once, she broke into a smile.
  • Should we send the packages all at once?
  • And with the slow-going afternoon the world all at once can make perfect sense.
  • Employees at the plant are experiencing a-change overload. --- Changes came too fast and hit thern all at once.
  • Father Timothy was kind and bad all at once.
  • I have never seen so many injunctions all at once.
  • Not all at once and not so anyone could tell.
  • The cold in our house made it clear all at once.
  • This is a distinctive and often very funny picture, disquieting and diverting all at once.
  • Let's settle this matter once and for all.
  • I had to destroy, once and for all, the vicious circle of poverty and economic stagnation.
  • I was perilously close to being touched once and for all.
  • Jackson proved once and for all he was no longer the kid star of the Jackson Five days.
  • No magic wand exists that can be waved once and for all to end injustice.
  • Only by exploring these patterns, their causes and effects, is there any possibility of breaking them once and for all.
  • Seismic tomography showed once and for all that the mantle was indeed in motion.
  • This was supposed to be her final victory over him, supposed to establish her rule once and for all.
  • Three blocks south, fancier houses in the 700 block of Commercial Street were shuttered once and for all.
  • It's a TV, radio, and VCR all in one.
  • And if that were not enough, I was fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful towns in the state.
  • Cheltenham races are being broadcast in one corner, the Budget in another.
  • Information arrival was proxied by daily futures and spot volatility estimated in one of the six different ways.
  • Inside the house of a friend of mine nearly everything was affected in one way or another.
  • Nearly all the encounters end in one of the other three ways.
  • People emerge from the casinos with beers in one hand and plastic cups full of change in the other.
  • Schwab is reengineering its own business in one visionary leap that will require six years to execute.
  • When she was nine, she recalled in one of her stories, her parents had begun to fight.
  • The pastor is a friend to one and all.
  • At four corners are smaller octagons, replicas in design of the large one and all very tall.
  • Hence, the First Amendment, which is meant to encourage gaseous emissions from one and all.
  • Her professionalism, dedication and attitude should be an example to one and all.
  • Marge was busy hugging one and all, including Miss Rose, who did not relish a hug.
  • So Ford took concrete steps to get the idea across to one and all.
  • They are one and all friendly, kind and tolerant - largely I surmise by virtue of my wife and her approachability.
  • Unimpeachable classics, one and all.
  • Yet the program aims to treat one and all with professional respect.
  • This year we wanted to take a vacation by ourselves.
  • We built the wall all by ourselves.
  • And when the blur does clear, we imagine that we have made it do so all by ourselves.
  • Kip and I would have been helpless, by ourselves, in the situation, and Martinez probably intuited it.
  • Our car was half full, and we were assigned to a row by ourselves.
  • The walls of our imprisonment were there before we appeared on the scene, but they are ever rebuilt by ourselves.
  • These services will be provided either directly by ourselves or by independently contracted suppliers.
  • This information will be considered by ourselves at the key features review and due diligence stages.
  • We believe we should resolve our issues by ourselves...
  • We can manage very well by ourselves.
  • When Sarah goes to college we'll finally have the house to ourselves.
  • And among the primary vehicles families use to mirror us to ourselves are the family stories we hear about ourselves.
  • And like Persephone, we will return, to ourselves, and to our ancestral beginnings.
  • But in private we are comfortable living with ourselves - we just don't always admit it to ourselves.
  • Keeping up with the day-to-day pressure of everyday life leaves little time to devote to ourselves.
  • They were always there if we needed a babysitter or some time to ourselves.
  • We continually talk to ourselves about them, losing force all the time, and feel that we are very badly treated.
  • We spoke too much to ourselves, and not enough to other people.
  • We travelled clandestinely by helicopter one evening and kept strictly to ourselves what we saw there.
  • A toy would have run down eventually, but Anna would undoubtedly start up all over again in the morning.
  • And then they started it all over again.
  • At first, it was jobs all over again.
  • It was Lillie Langtry all over again, the old ones said wisely.
  • Men thus instructed often found it easier to get on with it than to try and explain the danger all over again.
  • The bank nurse all over again.
  • The threatening phone calls started all over again.
  • There are still times, even after Jasper, when I have to catch on all over again.
  • Did you build this all on your own?
  • Will you be OK here on your own?
  • Although the names of these principles have been variously translated, I shall rely on my own designations in explaining them.
  • Being independent minded, I set off on my own, armed with books, maps and pamphlets.
  • Go alone, without a guide or mentor, and discover the art of fly-fishing on your own.
  • It can also help on its own either locally or in the diet.
  • My sister, who is 80, lives on her own and takes no tablets.
  • Once you're out there, it's you on your own.
  • The other half did it on their own.
  • They should be kept, on their own, in tanks no less than five feet in length.
  • Hann's analysis is right in almost all particulars.
  • That's all in the past.
  • To you that is all in the past, some one else's past, long ago.
► feel peculiar/come over all peculiar
  • "Annie" was directed by John Huston, of all people.
  • Why is Jennifer Stern, of all people, so important?
  • You of all people should have realized the risks.
  • You of all people shouldn't be calling him worthless.
  • How could this go unnoticed by, of all people, the subjects themselves?
  • I've been cursed for wanting Elian back with his father, of all people.
  • It was Gentle, of all people.
  • Now its humiliation has been deepened by, of all people, a second-hand car salesman.
  • One way is to emphasize the inherent innocence of all people with the disease.
  • The incident that occurred and of all people me.
  • Why, of all people, him.
  • But it really is all of a piece in the end.
  • It was all of a piece with them.
  • It was of a piece with the neglected timber, the weedy gravel and the minatory notices which guarded the bounds.
  • Lehane does, but then that is of a piece with the rest of this marvellous book.
  • Murray's sensitive readings of Marvell's poetry argue that the life is of a piece with the work.
  • My body was all of a piece, it did not have any seams.
  • Basically we pissed all over them, and out-classed them in every department.
  • Dirty clothes were all over the place.
  • Her hair was all over the place.
  • They're putting up new offices all over the place.
  • He leaves clues all over the place.
  • Hold a knife blade over the housing and it goes all over the place, proving the point.
  • Nobody knew where anyone was, and there were rumours flying about all over the place.
  • People were sneezing all over the place as if it were the heart of allergy season.
  • The egg in the mixture makes it stay put, instead of running all over the place as most cheese mixtures do.
  • The fact is, there are heroes all over the place.
  • You can go all over the place.
  • But, for all practical purposes you can say that a wind angle of 60° produces maximum drift.
  • Computerized free language indexing is, for all practical purposes, the same as natural language indexing.
  • Indeed for all practical purposes he owned us.
  • Most of the 54 stories reproduced here, even the previously published ones, were, for all practical purposes, lost.
  • The edit display screen can only be used, for all practical purposes, for cutting and pasting.
  • Yet for all practical purposes, Windows was Macintosh.
  • Her face, its small universe, was all present and correct.
  • Missiles are there, all present and correct as listed by the Pentagon.
  • The 15 all present and correct had between them an astonishing 533 years' service.
  • In all probability, Kelsey will resign by the end of the year.
  • In all probability, parts of the church date from even earlier than the twelfth century.
  • She knew that, in all probability, he was seeing other women as well as herself.
  • He did not because in all probability he did not know himself.
  • He graded it an unlikely E7 6c - unlikely in that it is, in all probability, much harder.
  • My dear little Louisa too is just at a critical age, teething in all probability.
  • That the fox was exhausted is questionable for it did gain the cover of the woods and in all probability survived.
  • The tamarin will be preserved, in all probability, only if zoos throughout the world cooperate in breeding programmes.
  • This wider region will in all probability reflect the district, regional or area organisation and/or competition structure of many governing bodies.
  • We knew that we were in all probability going to die before the day was gone.
  • You will not be in a condition to care about shaving, for example, for a few days in all probability anyway.
  • Athletes are a mirror of society, even if sometimes their images are blown out of proportion.
  • Like the cabalistic use of hints and allusions, it achieves results seemingly out of proportion to the measures employed.
  • Likewise, the scare associated with the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island was blown out of proportion.
  • So far, the intensity of these controversies is all out of proportion to the seriousness of the suspected offenses.
  • The paranoia's got out of proportion.
  • The scare has been blown out of proportion, said John Marchello, professor of animal science at the University of Arizona.
  • We mustn't get things out of proportion.
  • With men it's totally out of proportion.
  • For all practical purposes, the cleanup of the oil spill is complete.
  • For all practical purposes, the country is bankrupt.
  • But, for all practical purposes you can say that a wind angle of 60° produces maximum drift.
  • Computerized free language indexing is, for all practical purposes, the same as natural language indexing.
  • Indeed for all practical purposes he owned us.
  • Most of the 54 stories reproduced here, even the previously published ones, were, for all practical purposes, lost.
  • The edit display screen can only be used, for all practical purposes, for cutting and pasting.
  • Yet for all practical purposes, Windows was Macintosh.
► all quarters of the Earth/globe► that’s quite all right
  • Before the war, ragtime was all the rage in the dancehalls.
  • Buying a cabin in the mountains may be all the rage at the moment, but is it really a sound investment?
  • A few years ago, heat pumps were all the rage.
  • Beau: Battledress is all the rage now for traffic patrol.
  • Blackpatch Hill will be all the rage for the Bessborough Handicap whatever his price.
  • But an Examiner computer analysis has uncovered a new trend: Human names are all the rage for canines.
  • Financial engineering was all the rage.
  • International equity issues are all the rage.
  • When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932, housewives' shopping clubs were all the rage.
  • But that's all the more reason why we should go off this time with a car well filled, eh?
  • If some material is lost already, that is all the more reason to stop a lapse becoming a loophole.
  • That means there is all the more reason to oppose the willed destruction of old things.
  • That possibility is all the more reason to end the conflict soon.
  • This is all the more reason to find a more democratic way of deciding the state for the first primary.
  • Their demands go beyond all reason.
  • But by this time Maidstone was beyond all reason.
  • He is beyond reason, Diniz.
  • It was beyond all reason that Hal, who had performed flawlessly for so long, should suddenly turn assassin.
  • Their condition is beyond reason, but it is certainly not, as they believe, beyond cure.
► with (the greatest) respect/with (all) due respect
  • Capitalist accompanies its development with a fanfare about freedom of choice, free markets, and all the rest of it.
  • Groan, groan, and all the rest of it.
  • I've already lost one house and a business and a car, two cars, and all the rest of it.
  • I understand the problems in hung Parliaments, and all the rest of it.
  • None of the overtones of subordination and all the rest of it would have been present to the Hebrew.
  • The cooking and cleaning and homework-checking and shopping and all the rest of it.
  • Told me I was jumping to conclusions and weaving fantasies and all the rest of it.
  • You couldn't care less about education and health and all the rest of it.
  • The band's sound was metal and punk and rap all rolled into one.
  • For many, this outsized jamboree became both a new Pentecost and a New Jerusalem rolled into one.
  • In practice, stages 2 and 3 are often rolled into one.
  • It had all the elements one finds in several different testimonies all artfully rolled into one.
  • Lloyd Kaufman is also a writer, director, producer, actor and studio mogul, all rolled into one.
  • Lovable Manuel is quite the tyrant, a mini Papi and Mami rolled into one.
  • She was a fallen Magdalene and a lamenting dolorosa rolled into one.
  • So the service offers a payment system and a management information system rolled into one.
  • They represent a kind of hybrid architect, designer, engineer, set builder and scenario maker, all rolled into one.
  • As the race started, Dettori decided to make the running.
  • Busy Martin Ling made the running.
  • Collins made the running down the left and found Slater at the back-post.
  • Hodkinson, encouraged by his corner, was now making all the running.
  • Painfully and in the open she had to make all the running.
  • That was precisely what women had done in the past - sit back and wait for men to make the running.
  • The wary fighter backs off from you and so must be encouraged to make all the running.
  • When this is so, a visit will always go well if they are allowed to make the running.
  • We can go out to eat if you want - it's all the same to me.
  • Well, if it's all the same to you, we would rather be the judges of that.
  • The potatoes were a little overcooked, but delicious all the same.
  • He made beer the same way as his grandfather had and today it's brewed just the same way.
  • My father was a Hasid but he wanted us to know the Scriptures just the same.
  • Some have felt they were all the same, maybe even the Apostle John.
  • The look will be different, but the content, the coverage and the crack will be just the same.
  • These strips are all the same, a sort of busy evolutionary seashore.
  • Trout fishing is often a great challenge, but rewarding just the same, with gorgeous colored fish and the streamside beauty.
  • Well, if it's all the same to you, we would rather be the judges of that.
  • Yet all the same, progress resulted.
  • All the same, it would have been nice to go.
  • But drink it all the same.
  • Hencke had discovered during the last few days of wretched weather that doorways were not all the same.
  • It's just a toy, but it's astonishing all the same.
  • The certificates, however, were not all the same.
  • These strips are all the same, a sort of busy evolutionary seashore.
  • We might speak different languages but we're all the same.
  • Well thought, all the same!
  • Yet all the same, progress resulted.
  • A girl from near his village in Trondheim fell ill the first day at sea.
  • At worst, they can sink or lose their nuclear warheads at sea.
  • Down to the beach to see the oil rigs at sea.
  • His eyes were an astounding blue and his complexion was ruddy from a life spent mostly at sea.
  • Teredo, or shipworm, can have a devastating effect on the hulls of wooden ships at sea.
  • This week, however, when you find yourself all at sea, you may wonder whether you've chosen well.
  • We are glad to be with them again, especially when they are at sea.
► seen one ... seen them all
  • He asked me, in all seriousness, if I would marry him next week.
  • She had heard someone say, in all seriousness, that women would never make good golfers because of the shape of their bodies.
  • Did you feel, in all seriousness, you were dying?
  • Nothing is so funny as something done in all seriousness.
  • The material on which the congressional record is founded is done there every day in all seriousness.
  • We wonder in all seriousness if alcohol had anything to do with it.
  • He ran us all over the shop.
  • In between he was, for much of the time, all over the shop, scrambling pars more than hunting birdies.
  • It was splashed all over the shops!
  • With skating there's no-one saying do this, do that all over the shop.
► be all over bar the shouting
  • Add 6-8 chicken pieces and fry for 5 minutes on all sides.
  • Add the kidneys when the foam subsides and sauté them quickly until browned on all sides, in about 5min. 2.
  • Heat until water simmers, add sausages, and cook until water evaporates, 5 to 7 minutes, on all sides.
  • In and out, on and off, they're coming at us from all sides.
  • Press the rice into the tin, cover it with foil and press down on all sides until it is compressed.
  • Realism was the order of the day on all sides.
  • The great fires lighted on all sides continued to blaze until morning.
  • The tower of flame over Orleans draws in winds from all sides.
► (all) signed and sealed► it takes all sorts (to make a world)
  • At the next they were all square when Lyle missed from three feet.
  • Dennis Conner will start all square with no technological edge.
  • Good play from Wilson at the 15 and a birdie 3 at the 16 brought the match all square once again.
  • In the ultimate, within a reflecting boundary, all squares will be occupied.
  • It seems they're all square in the sexy filming battle.
  • It was a thrilling encounter with Colm going two up quite early in the round and getting pegged back to all square.
  • That's how to keep things all square with the Umpire.
  • At the next they were all square when Lyle missed from three feet.
  • Dennis Conner will start all square with no technological edge.
  • Good play from Wilson at the 15 and a birdie 3 at the 16 brought the match all square once again.
  • In the ultimate, within a reflecting boundary, all squares will be occupied.
  • It seems they're all square in the sexy filming battle.
  • It was a thrilling encounter with Colm going two up quite early in the round and getting pegged back to all square.
  • That's how to keep things all square with the Umpire.
  • Fred's pulling out all the stops for his daughter's wedding.
  • If we pull out all the stops we should still be able to meet our deadline.
  • They gave me a great leaving party - they really pulled out all the stops.
  • CafÄ Pinot is pulling out all the stops with its four-course aphrodisiac menu.
  • Judith Milner, a Healthcare consultant from Leeds pulls out all the stops when it comes to selling the range of services.
  • Lott pulled out all the stops.
  • Miss Pickering's pulled out all the stops this time.
  • Soap bosses pulled out all the stops so football fever could infect Albert Square.
  • There were occasions when Bloomsbury House pulled out all the stops on behalf of children who were clearly gifted - usually in the arts.
  • We pulled out all the stops and gave the company a response in record time.
► of all stripes/of every stripe
  • All of a sudden I realized that the car in front of me wasn't moving.
  • The way he decided to leave all of a sudden didn't make any sense.
  • We waited and waited, then all of a sudden we saw a sail on the horizon.
  • And all of a sudden I got slammed in the face.
  • But as revenues subsided, costs all of a sudden mattered, too.
  • In spring training I started off good with my throwing, and then all of sudden it declined.
  • It got him trying to be too perfect with his pitches all of a sudden.
  • Now, all of a sudden, things are different.
  • The kitchen had gone quiet, all of a sudden, really quiet.
  • Then, all of a sudden, like a spigot turned counterclockwise, B shuts down.
  • You put the chair up, and all of a sudden, he has four points of interest.
  • After the book signing Clancy stood around talking to all and sundry.
  • Her sister told her mother, who then told all and sundry.
  • Also, lifts that are open to all and sundry seem to be readily vandalised or used as public toilets.
  • By removing the mystique immediately, you avoid the excruciatingly embarrassing guesswork by all and sundry.
  • Duggie Brown is excruciatingly convincing as the sleazy, no-talent compere whose best reward is to grope all and sundry.
  • He throws his largesse to all and sundry.
  • He was, of course, revered by all and sundry in the hutted West Camp, Cranwell.
  • Innocent must have been beset with petitions and business from all and sundry.
  • It was not an indiscriminate method of handing out money to all and sundry.
  • Nevertheless, there are always some cowboys who like to argue with all and sundry, including their horse.
  • The negotiations were not all sweetness and light.
  • However, it was now all systems go for the future.
  • Ralph's all talk. I wouldn't take him too seriously if I were you.
  • Britain is all talk and no action.
  • His critics leaped on his decision not to run, saying that Kemp was all talk and no action.
  • Revival is all talk LET'S be honest about it, the great Kendall revival is not going to happen.
  • The right Hon. Gentleman is all talk and no fight.
  • Until yesterday it was all talk.
► it’ll (all) end in tears
  • Craig MacTavish retired last season as the last player to compete without a helmet-17 years all told.
  • He couldn't have bled a great deal, perhaps a cupful all told.
  • He said the doctors all told him the injury was going to happen anyway.
  • It's all told in a bouncy rhyme, with outrageously funny pictures.
  • It will take four to six years, all told.
  • Our 12-day tour, Rome to Sicily, cost us each about $ 1, 500, all told.
  • They take eighteen hours all told, including the overnight soaking.
  • A small part of law work, and that of a very low status, is concerned with the working class.
  • In this way, the student can gain confidence by knowing that he made the decisions and that they were sensible ones.
  • They were the things we always did, and that night we took a darling nap and did them all again.
  • Waugh is indeed aware of it, and that is the piercing tragedy at the heart of Brideshead.
  • We have learned only that he told the news, and that the people cried out in anguish.
  • And not that many women really feel comfortable going for the jugular.
  • He doesn't recognize the name, not that many people seem to know his or that of his publisher.
  • He would do the job himself if he had the time-and had the job not that many years ago.
  • I was told the rules, there were not that many and most were sensible.
  • McPhail, 20, is making a run for the board not that long after having graduated from the system himself.
  • So there is not that long a wait.
  • Thankfully there were not that many in cars.
  • Well, maybe not that many things.
  • I'm hoping these spots will go away by themselves.
  • They are both old enough to go to the pool by themselves.
  • But parents are... waiting for kids to be able to go to the movies and the mall by themselves.
  • But reasons of identification and self-definition can not by themselves establish the legitimacy of an authority.
  • He sounded matter-of-fact, as if nine-year-old kids commonly hung out by themselves in his lobby.
  • If anything is worth while in life at all, some things must be good in and by themselves.
  • It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves.
  • Two pairs of dates by themselves tell the story.
  • Women can be happy by themselves.
  • Women may not be free to walk by themselves along the streets.
  • They had the whole beach to themselves.
  • And they like it to themselves.
  • And they say to themselves, what will last?
  • But they like to keep their political preferences to themselves.
  • I thought the fund was to help Gaels speak to the rest of us and not only to themselves.
  • I wanted to see these amazing sportsmen at home and in their own environment, where they remain true to themselves.
  • Right now, the Howards are just grateful for some time to themselves.
  • Their survival is vital, not only to themselves, but to large companies which depend on their products and services.
  • You know who talks to themselves the most?
  • And of course he was not all there in his head.
  • But this is not all there is to communication.
  • It was as though he was not all there, Jack thought.
  • Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.
  • But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
  • But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
  • It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
  • Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
  • The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
  • Jones left his job and became, of all things, a priest.
  • After all, in the hallucinogenic world of the militias, the government is the enemy of all things good and true.
  • He likens creation to a painter mixing just four pigments to form the likenesses of all things.
  • His journey includes an examination of all things.
  • One of my mess-mates was killed by a beer barrel, of all things.
  • She's the voice of all things that don't get a voice.
  • She heard, of all things, a piano.
  • That of all things he did not wish responsibility for.
  • The meeting promises a veritable smorgasbord of all things otherworldly, this time with a focus on those eerie Phoenix lights.
  • All things considered, it's the wrong time for us to start our own business.
  • It wasn't the best game I've ever seen. But, all things considered, it wasn't too bad either.
  • Andre is a good choice, all things considered.
  • Might be the sensible thing to do, all things considered.
  • Not bad, all things considered.
  • Roots is the title, and not a bad one, all things considered.
  • So, all things considered, I think I have done all right, handled my problem as well as it could have been handled.
  • Went down well, all things considered.
  • I finally realized I could not be all things to all people.
  • Andrea felt tremendous pressure to succeed, to continue to be all things to all people.
  • Anyway, these compendiums try to be all things to all people.
  • For years, the stores had managed to be all things to all people.
  • In this sense many of the international firms will try to be all things to all people.
  • It is all things to all men ... and this is perhaps its number one axiom.
  • No-one is all things to all people, and Anthea is no exception.
  • Politicians have to be all things to all people.
  • The single truck was all things to all men and women.
► what’s (all) this?
  • She was all fingers and thumbs - and worry.
► tick all the right boxes► time is a great healer/heals all wounds
  • But don't fret, you shall have a puppy all in good time.
  • Carry your passport with you at all times.
  • Keep your hotel door locked at all times.
  • Many books recommend carrying your passport with you at all times.
  • He made a point of chatting to her at all times.
  • He measured CO2 at all times of the day and night.
  • Neighbours say the animals bark incessantly at all times of the day and night.
  • Now she had to consider another person's wishes at all times.
  • Rice dresses immaculately and stylishly at all times, on the field and off.
  • To help other people at all times.
  • We can remind ourselves of, and help our children to realise, the need at all times for compassion.
  • And seeing as it was my brainchild, would you not say it was possibly the best commercial of all time?
  • Surely the biggest robbery of all time was the $ 900m that the Dome stole from lottery funds?
  • That's the biggest understatement of all time!
  • You could call that round the biggest fluke of all time...
► in no time (at all)/in next to no time
  • But all the time, Cranston said, the cost of keeping his place in the U. S. Senate grew more expensive.
  • Gives the idea of slogging uphill all the time on skins.
  • I wish I could have represented them all the time.
  • If he likes to paint, he chooses intense colors all the time.
  • Indeed he gave 50-50 decisions to Linfield all the time.
  • They, they keep the word middle in there all the time.
  • We do have a global village, more and more all the time.
  • Without these teeth sticking out all the time, she might even look human.
  • As mentioned earlier, my grandfather kept to himself in his smoke-filled room, rarely venturing out.
  • At first there was silence as they drove along the quiet road, simply enjoying being close to each other.
  • He can't be very bright can he, drawing attention to himself like that?
  • He had done nothing wrong, nothing at all, but there was no way of proving it, even to himself.
  • Today it tends to be a more exclusive activity in which theologians talk straight to each other and down to the faithful.
  • Tutor and pupil may, however, have spoken Latin to each other.
  • Until the beginning of this year, Congress had not applied to itself a single civil-rights or workplace statute passed this century.
  • We continually talk to ourselves about them, losing force all the time, and feel that we are very badly treated.
  • Violent behavior is all too common in our society.
  • And to top it all off, he was gorgeous.
  • And to top it all, it has pledged to maintain high employment and an annual economic growth rate of 1.9 percent.
  • And to top it all, there were tax cuts too.
  • And, to top it all, Holder's doctor informed him he can spend Christmas Day at home with his family.
  • As if to top it all, we had a small fire at the clinic.
  • It was the Stones' daunting task, well after midnight, to top it all with a half-dozen songs.
  • Then to top it all, two of Mary's friends squeezed in with several more parcels.
  • Imagine watching Monday Night Football in a tiki atmosphere, a deluxe lounge with all the trimmings.
  • Now it' a renovated house with all the trimmings.
  • It's a cliche to say people are living in fear, but sadly it's all too true in Larne.
  • Mr. Waldegrave I fear that on health, as on other issues, that is all too true.
  • This may be only too true, but if so, why advertise the fact?
  • Travelers to Prague may find the comparison with Paris starting to ring all too true when it comes to hotel prices.
► be all of a twitter
  • The biography is an in-depth look at Jefferson's life, warts and all.
  • Carolyn's Diary warts and all!
  • Frey brings Toulouse-Lautrec vividly to life, warts and all.
  • Labour retains a fatal mistrust in the only assured source of wealth which, warts and all, is the market economy.
  • People can now see them warts and all.
  • This is warts and all film making which, though done to good effect, is hardly uplifting.
► it will all come out in the wash
  • However, this is water under the bridge.
  • To some extent, that is water under the bridge.
  • A lower court forgave the debt, but the case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
  • But it was touch and go all the way.
  • If you went all the way across the Lake of Dreams you'd end up in the Lake of Death.
  • Imagine going all the way to Inverness for a pint of milk ... Maybe that was for the cat, too.
  • She is very tough mentally and determined and should go all the way to a medal.
  • The chair went all the way back, folded out, so his feet were out.
  • The sun went all the way down and I was standing in the purple darkness.
  • I applaud their efforts, and I'm with them all the way.
  • She loves gardening -- she's out in her garden in all weathers.
  • There are homeless people sleeping on the streets of London in all weathers.
  • He worked all hours, day and night, and in all weathers.
  • I would go out in all weathers, at all times: exercise was an addiction.
  • If you venture out in all weathers, you need a compact camera that can brave the elements, too.
  • Some ideas he rejected, such as the liquid developed at Derby County for making pitches usable in all weathers.
  • They worked round the clock, in all weathers, scooping fish from the Newfoundland seas.
  • We go out in all weathers.
  • What is the best material, that keeps its shape, lasts in all weathers and takes lettering and varnish?
  • Women usually had to call for their work and were often kept waiting in all weathers.
  • All is not well at the office.
► all’s well that ends well► it’s/that’s all very well, but ...
  • If that helps the government keep up with their debt repayments, that's all well and good.
  • I peer into the rain for a glimpse of Storskarfjell, but it is all wet misery to the south.
  • It is all wet and then he had like a side view of it.
  • Yes, the point at which we conclude that your reasoning is all wet.
  • All the while I was in college, Joan was traveling.
  • But all the while he was learning and soon the time had come when he was no longer satisfied to design for others.
  • He talked to her as if they were lovers, all the while keeping a knife pressed against her throat.
  • Phillis without a frown or smile Sat and knotted, and knotted and knotted and knotted all the while.
  • The bugle sounded the charge; the horsemen's pace increased, but remained all the while under control.
  • The weather was perfect all the while we were there, the evenings very lovely, moonlight softened by fog.
  • Yet all the while she spoke with me, she never made a sound nor expressed any sadness or regret.
► you can’t win them all► all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)► for all the world as if/as though/like
  • Mike's so boring, and worst of all he never stops talking.
  • And worst of all, the Hare got rid Of far more than the Tortoise did.
  • And worst of all, their services are no longer in demand.
  • And, worst of all, you don't remember who you are.
  • But worst of all were the comparisons being made between Monty Clift and Jekyll and Hyde.
  • Or, worst of all, exploding at work?
  • Perhaps worst of all, there are those stressful situations where one is accustomed to turn to tobacco for support.
  • The twelfth labor was the worst of all.
  • To abuse hospitality was the most horrid thing; worst of all.
► for all you are/he is etc worth► have something/be written all over your face► have something written all over it► that’s all she wrote
  • Centrally heated and open all year round.
  • Hours 4 1/2 hours a week, 45 hours total. * Intensive courses: Duration 2-4 weeks, all year round.
  • It is warm all year round, with warm summers, mild winters and moderate rainfall.
  • Most importantly, the Conquistadores use the proceeds from the tournament to help fund local youth sports all year round.
  • Seasons: The crag faces west, is sited just above the sea and climbing is generally possible all year round.
  • Soon, the pests were everywhere, all year round.
  • We have witches all year round.
► (all) by yourself
  • Do you feel like you don't have any time to yourself?
1the whole of an amount, thing, or type of thing:  Have you done all your homework?all your life/all day/all year etc (=during the whole of your life, a day, a year etc) He had worked all his life in the mine. The boys played video games all day. They were quarrelling all the time (=very often or continuously). Hannah didn’t say a single word all the way back home (=during the whole of the journey).all of Almost all of the music was from Italian operas. I’ve heard it all before. She’d given up all hope of having a child.2every one of a number of people or things, or every thing or person of a particular type:  Someone’s taken all my books! Will all the girls please stand over here. All children should be taught to swim. Sixteen per cent of all new cars sold in Western Europe these days are diesel-engined. They all speak excellent English.all of important changes that will affect all of us3the only thing or things:  All you need is a hammer and some nails. All I’m asking for is a little respect.4formal everything:  I’m doing all I can to help her. I hope all is well with you. All was dark and silent down by the harbour wall.5used to emphasize that you mean the greatest possible amount of the quality you are mentioning:  Can any of us say in all honesty that we did everything we could?6at all used in negative statements and questions to emphasize what you are saying:  They’ve done nothing at all to try and put the problem right. He’s not looking at all well. ‘Do you mind if I stay a little longer?’ ‘No, not at all.’ Has the situation improved at all?7all sorts/kinds/types of something many different kinds of something:  Social workers have to deal with all kinds of problems.8of all people/things/places etc used to emphasize that your statement is true of one particular person, thing, or place more than any other:  You shouldn’t have done it. You of all people should know that. She did not want to quarrel with Maria today, of all days.9all in all used to show that you are considering every part of a situation:  All in all, it had been one of the most miserable days of Henry’s life.10for all something in spite of a particular fact:  For all his faults, he’s a kind-hearted old soul. For all my love of landscape, nothing could persuade me to spend another day in the Highlands.11in all including every thing or person:  In all, there were 215 candidates. We received £1,550 in cash and promises of another £650, making £2,200 in all.12and all a)including the thing or things just mentioned:  They ate the whole fish – head, bones, tail, and all. b)spoken informal used to emphasize a remark that you have just added:  And you can take that smelly old coat out of here, and all!13all of 50p/20 minutes etc spoken used to emphasize how large or small an amount actually is:  The game lasted all of 58 seconds. The repairs are going to cost all of £15,000.14it’s all or nothing used to say that unless something is done completely, it is not acceptable:  Half-heartedness won’t do – it’s got to be all or nothing.15give your all to make the greatest possible effort in order to achieve something:  The coach expects every player to give their all in every game.16it was all I could do to do something used to say that you only just succeeded in doing something:  It was all I could do to stop them hitting each other.17when all’s said and done spoken used to remind someone about an important point that needs to be considered:  When all’s said and done, he’s only a kid.18all sorts/kinds of wrong/crazy etc informal wrong, crazy etc in many ways, or very wrong, crazy etc:  Her beach outfit is all sorts of wrong. → for all somebody cares at care2(8), → for all somebody knows at know1(33), → all and sundry at sundry(1), → after all at after1(13)GRAMMAR: Patterns with all• You use all the or all of the when talking about every one of a particular group of people or things: · All the students have gone home.· All of the students have gone home.• You use all directly before a plural noun to mean every person or thing of a particular type: · All men are created equal.· All children like chocolate.USAGE: All, everyone• You say: · Everyone liked the film.• You can also say: · They all liked the film. ✗Don't say: All people liked the film.• You use everyone when talking about all of the members of a group of people. You can also say they all or we all when this group is the subject of the sentence.all people• You say: · They want to protect the rights of all people.• You use all people when talking about every person in the world.• You can also say: · All people who take part in sport should have regular check-ups.· Almost all people with the disease have smoked at some time in their lives.• You use all people with a relative clause or that clause, which shows which group of people you are talking about.
all1 determiner, predeterminer, pronounall2 adverb
allall2 ●●● S1 W1 adverb Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Look at the dog - he's all happy now!
  • She was all alone in the house.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Assists is what Earvin is all about.
  • Just to be all around all those people.
  • Still, that was Miriam all over.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorall of a group of things or people
all the things or people in a group: · There was no one in the office -- they were all having lunch.· The new government has banned all political parties.we/you/them etc all: · He thanked us all for coming.· I've read five of his books, and I'm not going to stop until I've read them all.all the/these/their/my etc: · Did you take all these pictures yourself?· All his clothes were spread around the room.· All the teachers in my school are women.all of: · I've used up all of my traveler's checks.· She invited all of her friends to the party.almost/nearly all: · The Prime Minister's plan would cut almost all subsidies to state-run industries.· Nearly all news organizations have refused to broadcast the victim's name during the trial.all dogs/cars/children etc (=use this to make a general statement about things or people of the same kind): · All mammals are warm-blooded.· All cars over 5 years old must have a test certificate.
all the things in a group, or all the things that someone says or does: · The customs officer asked us to take everything out of our suitcases.· Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers.· Everything in the store costs less than $10.everything else (=all other things): · I have a tent and a sleeping-bag, and Ben said he'd lend me everything else I need for the camping trip.
all people or all the people in a particular group: · I think everyone enjoyed the party.· If everybody is ready, I'll begin.· Why is everyone so excited about this tax cut?
British informal all the things in a group or set, considered together: · I left my purse with my cheque book and car keys on the kitchen table and thieves broke in and stole the lot.· Janine bought four cream cakes, but her friends didn't turn up for dinner so she ate the lot herself.
all -- used only with singular nouns: · Every room in the house was painted white.· She bought presents for every member of her family.every single (=use this to emphasize that you really mean everyone or everything, especially when this is surprising): · It rained every single day of our vacation.every single one/every last one: · The police questioned every single one of the passengers on the plane.
all -- use this to emphasize that you mean every separate person or thing in a group: · She had a ring on each finger of her right hand.· They read through each job application very carefully.· The president shook hands with each member of the team.each of: · We will consider each of these questions in turn.· She gave each of them a plate of food.each one: · George and Elizabeth had visited 15 apartments and had found something wrong with each one.in/for/to etc each: · She dug several tiny holes in the soil, planting a seed in each.we/they/us etc each: · My brother and I each have our own room.· She gave us each a pen and a piece of paper.
formal use this to say that something is true of every single one of the people or things in a large group: · Every department in this city, without exception, has experienced cutbacks.almost without exception: · Economists agreed on the President's proposal, almost without exception.
spoken informal everything in a group of similar things or all the things that are needed for a particular activity: · "What would you like on your hotdog -- mustard, ketchup, relish?" "Give me the works."· The school needs new computers, calculators, chairs, cooking utensils...basically, the works.
also the whole nine yards American spoken informal everything that you could possibly want, or expect to have: · He bought the computer, the printer, and the modem - the whole shebang.· It sounds like a great job offer -- benefits, retirement, the whole enchilada.· The guy in immigration wanted to see the whole nine yards -- passport, birth certificate, driver's license.
all of something
all of something -- used especially with uncountable nouns: all the/this/that/my etc: · He spends all his money on beer and cigarettes.· I've seen all her movies.· Did you eat all that bread?all of the/this/that/my etc: · I enjoyed the book although I didn't understand all of it.it all: · Where's my change? You didn't spend it all, did you?all day/week/year etc (=the whole of a period of time): · I spent all day cleaning the house.
all of something that is large, long, or has a lot of parts, for example a large area of land, a long period of time, or a large group of people: · I didn't see her again for a whole year.· "I want the whole area searched!" said the chief of police.· She was so frightened, her whole body was shaking.· Nora had spent her whole life trying to find happiness.the whole of something (=all of a particular thing, time, or place): · She spent the whole of the journey complaining about her boyfriend.· The Romans conquered almost the whole of Western Europe.
all of something -- use this especially to show that you are annoyed or surprised by this: · I wasted an entire day waiting at the airport.· We realized that our entire conversation had been recorded.· This function of the word processor allows you to correct the entire document before printing.
the whole of something -- use this to emphasize that someone uses all of something, or that something covers all of an area: · Every inch of my niece's wall is covered with posters of pop groups.· We had to use every last bit of our savings.· I watched him drain every last drop out of the bottle.
including all of something such as an event, process, or piece of writing: · I've read the book three times from start to finish.· The whole case was badly handled from start to finish.
spoken including every part of something -- use this about someone moving, buying or selling all of something: · He moved the whole company, lock, stock, and barrel, to Mexico.· The Knolls have owned the town lock, stock, and barrel for 15 years.
affecting or including all of something
affecting everything or every part of a situation: · They want a total ban on cigarette advertising.· My parents had complete control over my life.· The satellite TV station is providing total coverage of the Olympic Games.
: blanket decision/statement/term etc one that affects every part of a situation: · A blanket requirement was announced by education officials -- all schools had to cut their budgets by 25%.· Dementia is a blanket term for various types of psychiatric disorder.
including or involving all or almost all the parts of a situation: · Even though some of the details are badly done, the overall effect of the painting is very dramatic.· His attitude towards his job seemed consistent with his overall approach to life.· Conference members agreed on an overall approach to drug abuse that focuses on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
involving all possible parts of an idea or system: · We've done a global study on the company's weaknesses.· Simon & Schuster said it no longer wanted the smaller company because it did not fit into its global strategy.
: all-embracing concept/statement/term etc (=one in which all features of a situation have been thought of and included) · The prison governor now has all-embracing powers to deal with any situation in the way he thinks fit.· Physicists are searching for one all-embracing theory that covers matter, energy, radiation, and gravity.
to do something again
also do something over American to do something again, for example in order to practise it or because it was not done well enough the first time: · I'd like you to do this exercise again.· She spilt coffee on the application form and had to do it all again.· I'm afraid you'll have to do it over.
to do something again, especially many times, in order to achieve something useful: · Holmes repeated the experiment several times and got the same results.· Repeat this exercise ten times every day, and you'll soon have firmer, more muscular thighs.
to do something such as an examination, test, or piece of work again because it was not done well enough the first time: · I can't read a word of this - you'll have to redo it.· The wallpaper came off and we had to redo the whole thing.
to do a written examination or other kind of test again because you have failed it: · Julie's had to retake her driving test at least three times.· He decided to retake the course and try to get a higher grade.
especially spoken if you do something long and difficult all over again you repeat it from the beginning: · At the police station they asked me the same questions all over again.· The prospect of writing the report all over again made me feel completely depressed.start something all over again: · The computer crashed and deleted all my work - I had to start the essay all over again.
spoken said when you are annoyed because something that has happened or been done too many times before is happening again - use this especially before an argument that you frequently have with someone: · "You've been drinking again, haven't you!" "Oh God, here we go again."
during the whole of an event or period of time
: all the time (that) · I couldn't really enjoy my holiday because I was sick all the time I was there.· All the time I was talking to him he just sat and stared at the television.
during all of a particular period of time, especially when this is a long time: · Lester was sickly all through his childhood.· Yvonne lived in Switzerland throughout the war.
during all of the day, night, summer etc: · It often rains here all day long.· The music coming from the apartment upstairs kept me awake all night long.
if a particular situation has existed all along , it has existed all the time right from the beginning, although you may not have known about it: · I spent over an hour looking for my keys, and they were in my purse all along.be right all along: · He realized that she'd been right all along.
if an event or something that you do is good, bad etc from start to finish , it is like that from the time it begins until it ends: · It was an awful day at work - problems from start to finish.· The whole thing was a disaster from beginning to end.
busy
use this to join two words or phrases when the second one has the opposite meaning to the first one, or when the second one is surprising after the first one, or when one is negative and one is positive: · I called but there was no one there.· He's short and not really handsome, but women still find him attractive.· They struggled in the first half, but still won 98-82.· She tried to read the message, but couldn't.· Tom's grandfather is over 80, but he still plays golf.· "Gone with the Wind' was a great movie, but it was a little long.· In the US it is normal for the police to carry guns, but not in Britain.
formal use this when saying something that is surprising after what you have just said, or that is very different from it: · It was a terrible accident. Nevertheless, air travel is still the safest form of transport.· December saw a more than average rainfall; however, the possibility of a drought is still strong.· War is never welcome, nonetheless, I believe that we must defend our country.but nevertheless/nonetheless: · The leaves aren't particularly dangerous, but nevertheless they are not something you'd want your child or pet to eat.
use this at the beginning of a sentence when you have just mentioned one side of an argument or situation and you are going to mention the opposite side: · Nuclear power is relatively cheap. On the other hand, you could argue that it's not safe.· The hamburger was tough and overcooked. The fries, on the other hand, were terrific, and well worth the money.but on the other hand: · You want to help your kids as much as you can, but on the other hand, you've got to be careful to help them learn on their own.
also mind you British spoken use this when you have just said one thing and you now want to say something very different about it, for example when you give an advantage and then a disadvantage: · Teaching is an interesting job. Then again, it can be very stressful too.· This trip is going to be very expensive. Still, we don't go away very often.· I'd love to travel around the world. Mind you, I wouldn't want to go on my own.· My parents are happy to lend me the money. All the same, I do feel guilty about it.
formal use this to introduce a fact that seems surprising after what you have just said: · The sun was shining, yet it was quite cold.· Last summer there was a drought, yet some people were still watering their lawns every day.
written use this to say that although something is true of one person, thing, or situation, it is not true of another: · Some house plants thrive if placed near a window with plenty of sunlight while others prefer to be in a more shaded spot.· American cars are generally too large for the Japanese market, whereas Japanese cars are popular in the US.
use this to introduce a fact or opinion that makes what you have just said less strong or definite: · Dan's been very ill, although he's better now.· I don't really like classical music, though I did enjoy that Pavarotti concert.· They're a very nice couple, although I very seldom see them these days.
use this at the end of a sentence to add a fact or opinion that makes what you have just said seem less important , or to add a different fact or opinion: · I think she's Swiss. I'm not sure, though.· George did say one nice thing, though.
use this to say that something is true in spite of the fact that you have just mentioned: · Try to run on a soft surface, such as grass. Even so, you may start having knee problems.but even so: · She had only seen Matthew Godden once before, but even so she recognized him instantly.· The fines for speeding are large, but even so, they are not always a deterrent.
spoken use this for introducing the reason why something is not possible: · I'd like to come and live here, only it's too expensive.· I would have asked them to stay with us, except we don't have enough room.
during
at one point in a period of time, or through the whole of a period of time: · Terry's work has improved a lot during the last three months.· Henry died during the night.· During the summer we spend a lot more time out of doors.· At some time during the weekend someone broke into the building.· This place was an air-raid shelter during the war.
between the beginning and end of a period of time: · The long vacation is in August.· In the last six years, Carol has moved three times.· In 1982 Paget was living in Geneva.· I always feel drowsy early in the morning.
during a period of time or before the end of a period - use this to emphasize that it is a short or limited period of time: · There have been five serious accidents within the last few days.· If we do not hear from you within 14 days, we will contact our solicitors.
during the whole of a period of time, continuing until the end: · The party continued through the night until dawn.· We'll have to see how he copes through the next couple of months.
through - use this to emphasize that something continues from the beginning to the end of a long period: · It's closed all through the winter, and opens again in April.· Throughout her career she has worked hard and maintained high standards.
during a particular period of time: · She's been a great help to me over the past year.· They plan to redecorate their house over the Christmas period.· They met in 1962 and wrote each other several letters over the next few years.
formal during a process or particular period of time: · In the course of a few years, Lambert built up a highly successful export business.· We expect to see some important political developments during the course of the next week or two.
if you do something by day or by night you do it during the day or night: · By day they relied on the sun for direction, and by night they followed the stars.· By day he works at a construction company, but by night he's a bartender.· They attacked by night, hoping to surprise their enemy.
to be in an equal position in a game, competition etc
if two of the competitors in a game or competition tie , they get the same number of points: be tied: · The two teams are tied with two games a piece.tie for: · Woosnam and Lyle tied for fourth place on 264.tie with: · I won the first competition and tied with Wilson in the second.
British two teams or competitors that are level at a particular moment in a game or competition have the same number of points: · They scored in the eighth minute but four minutes later we were level.· If the scores are level after 90 minutes, extra time will be played.be level with: · Thanks to today's victory they are level with their main rivals, AC Milan, at the top of the Italian league.draw level (=get enough points to be level): · Brazil were in the lead, until Argentina drew level at the half-time whistle.
also be level pegging British informal use this when two people, horses etc are doing equally well in a race or competition, so that it is impossible to guess who will win: · The two horses are running neck and neck.· For three miles now both yachts have been neck and neck.· The Republicans and Democrats are neck and neck in the opinion polls.· The poll shows the two main parties level pegging, with 33% of the vote each.
especially British a game in which both opponents or teams have equal points at the end, so that neither wins: · Neither side has scored. It looks as if it's going to be another draw.· Last week's draw was a bad result for Arsenal, putting Manchester United ahead of them in the league.end in a draw (=finish with scores equal): · If the final ends in a draw, the game will be decided on penalties.
British to finish a game with the same number of points as your opponent, so that neither of you wins: · "Did you win?'' "No, we drew.''draw with: · Real Madrid drew with Barcelona in the last game of the season.draw a game/match: · The Australian rugby team drew the first game of their European tour, sixteen-all against France at Lyon.
spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but Germany seems the better team.· "What was the final score?" "One all."
a finish to a race between horses, dogs, or people that is very nearly equal so that it is extremely difficult to say who has won: · It's a photo finish -- we'll have to bring in the judges to decide the winner.· After a very close-run race, it ended in a photo finish.
if the result of a competition, election, race etc is too close to call , the people taking part in it are equally successful, so there is no clear winner: · The exit polls suggest that the election may well be too close to call.
everywhere in a place or country
also every place American informal in or to every part of a place or country: · The whole street was flooded - there was water everywhere.· Where did you find my keys? I've been looking everywhere for them.· You see bank machines everywhere nowadays.· They go every place together.everywhere in: · There were beautiful rice fields everywhere in the region.everywhere else (=in every other place): · Doctors in Colorado, like doctors everywhere else, did not have enough of the vaccine.
in or to many different parts of a town, country etc, especially when you want to say that you have been to many places: · We spent two weeks in Mexico and traveled all over.· The choir has sung in concerts all over the country.· Katie's toys were spread out all over the floor.all over the place: · He went all over the place looking for a shop selling corkscrews but couldn't find one.
in every part of an area or place: · You could hear their laughter throughout the building.· The house is in excellent condition with fitted carpets throughout.
if you find a particular thing wherever you go or look , you find it in all the different places that you go to or look in: · There seem to be fountains wherever you look in this park.· He seems to make friends wherever he goes.
informal in many different places, without any particular plan or pattern: · We lived here, there, and everywhere as I was growing up.· The adults sat on the porch while the children ran here, there, and everywhere.
in every part of a country: nationwide strike/demonstration/campaign: · Workers held nationwide strikes and demonstrations all over Spain.nationwide search/hunt/study/survey: · A nationwide hunt was launched yesterday for the killer of 13-year-old Nicola Jones.
happening in many places - use this especially about problems or bad situations that affect many areas or many countries: · There has been widepread flooding in Germany, and the rivers are still rising.· Government corruption is widespread in the country.
a long time
· It's good to see you again, Ben -- it's been a really long time.(for) a long time · He's lived here a long time.· The house has been empty for a long time.in a long time · I haven't heard from Chuck in a long time.· It's about the worst cold I've had in a long time.a long time ago · We met in August 1947, a long time ago.· I've been to California, but it was a very long time ago.a very long time/a long, long time · We've been friends for a very long time.· A long, long time ago, a king had three daughters.it's a long time since · It's a long time since I heard from Clive.take (somebody) a long time (to do something) · It's a big file, so it'll take a long time to print out.· It's taking you a long time to finish that assignment, isn't it?last a long time · That's a big notepad you have there, it should last a long time.
a fairly long time: for a while: · How's Lynne? I haven't seen her for a while.· So you guys were in Brazil for a while, huh?in a while: · I haven't worn that jacket in a while.after a while: · After a while, I realised he was serious.a while ago/back: · He fought for the title a while ago.· 'Is that a photo of him?' 'Yeah, that was taken a while back - his hair's longer now.' it's (been) a while since: · It's been a while since I read the book, and I can't remember much about it, to be honest.quite a while (=a long time): · He's been going out with her quite a while now, hasn't he?a long while: · I haven't played chess in a really long while.a little while: · Can I hold her for a little while?· A little while later, Rick returned with the drinks.take (somebody) a while: · It took me a while before I could understand him.· Your leg will take a while to get better, Mary.
a long time, or for a long time: · Have you been waiting long?· I won't be long.· It has long been recognized that a high fat diet can cause heart problems.long before/after: · Long after the war, the wreckage of his plane was discovered.· They ran out of things to talk about long before they arrived.· 75 percent of the battered women in our survey stayed with their husbands long after most people would have left. so long: · They've been together so long, I can't figure out why they don't get married.long ago: · I guess it didn't happen very long ago.take (somebody) so long: · I don't visit very often because it takes so long to get over there.· I'm sorry this is taking so long.
for a long time: · Have you been working here for long?· I hope his speech doesn't go on for long.· He'll have to stay in hospital, but not for long.for very long: · I haven't known them for very long.
many hours, months, or years, and a lot longer than you expected: · It was years before we found out the truth.· Sorry I'm late. Had to wait hours for a bus.· Justin spends hours and hours just playing this one game.for hours/months/years etc: · I must get the car serviced -- I've been putting it off for months.· Henry seemed to be on the phone for hours last night.months/years/hours etc ago: · I bought this pen years ago. Two pounds it cost me!· Rob went out hours ago, and he's not back yet.be weeks/months/hours etc since: · It's been years since I was there, the place must have changed.
for the whole of one day, the whole of one week etc: · It's been snowing almost all day long.· I've been thinking about you all night long.
especially British, spoken a very long time: (for) ages: · I've had that jar of coffee ages, you'd better throw it out.· Derek's been telling her for ages to get another job.it's ages since: · It's ages since we played this game - I'd forgotten how good you are.· It seems like ages since we saw Ron and Eileen. ages ago (=a long time ago): · "When did you sell the car?" "Ages ago!"· I emailed you ages ago -- hasn't it arrived? wait/spend ages: · I spent ages in town trying to find something to wear for the wedding.· We had to wait ages till the doctor could see us.ages and ages (=use this to emphasize how long something takes or lasts): · Oh come on, we haven't had chips for ages and ages.
spoken a very long time, or too long: · Let me see the map, or we'll be driving round here forever.· God's love endures forever.go on forever: · Well, I don't suppose the police will let the situation go on forever!· We had a game of Scrabble that seemed to go on forever.last forever: · You go into marriage thinking it's going to last forever.· These wool blankets pretty much last forever, don't they?forever and a day (=use this to emphasize that something continues for a very long time): · I'm staying here. If I go with you, it'll take forever and a day.
American spoken if you wait, walk, stand etc for the longest time , you do it for a very long time: · We sat in the bar drinking for the longest time.· For the longest time, we didn't even realize he was gone.
British informal a long time, used especially to say that something happened a very long time ago: for donkey's years: · She worked in the shop for donkey's years, although the pay was awful.donkey's years ago: · We used to play golf together, but that was donkey's years ago.donkey's years since: · It's donkey's years since I went to the movies.
for as long as people who are still alive can remember: · It was the hottest summer in living memory.· For the first time in living memory, old Jack had left the island.within living memory: · The site had only flooded once within living memory.
when two teams or players have the same score
especially British /tie especially American when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: · "What was the result of the Barcelona v Real Madrid game?" "It was a draw."· The game ended in a tie.
spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but United seems the better team.· "What was the final score"? "One all."
also equalise British to score a goal or point in a team game such as football, so that the number of points or goals that each team has is equal: · Liverpool equalized in the last minute.· Manchester United were a goal down against Real Madrid when Bobby Charlton equalized.
when two teams or players have the same score
/draw especially British when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: · "What was the result of the Barcelona v Real Madrid game?" "It was a draw."· The second game was very exciting, but it ended in a tie.
spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but United seems to be the better team.· "What was the final score?" "One all."
suddenly
if something happens suddenly , it happens quickly when you are not expecting it: · Suddenly there was a loud bang and all the lights went out.· I suddenly realized that there was someone following me.die suddenly (=die unexpectedly): · Several years ago her husband died suddenly at the age of 64.
suddenly - use this especially in stories or descriptions of past events: · We waited and waited, then all of a sudden we saw a sail on the horizon.· The way he decided to leave all of a sudden didn't make any sense.
if something happens out of the blue , you are not expecting it at all, and you are very surprised by it: · She told me, out of the blue, that she was going to live in New York.completely out of the blue: · Do you remember Jane? Well, she phoned me yesterday, completely out of the blue.
if something ends or if someone moves or speaks abruptly , they do it suddenly and unexpectedly: · The party was stopped abruptly when the police turned up.· She turned abruptly and went back inside.· "You may leave now,'' he said, abruptly.
if something bad or dangerous happens without warning , it happens suddenly and there were no signs that it was going to happen: · Without warning, tears began to roll down his cheeks.· At five to four Greg went into convulsions. It happened suddenly and without warning.
if you do something on the spur of the moment , you suddenly decide to do something that you had not planned to do: · I bought the car on the spur of the moment.· On the spur of the moment, we decided to head north that day instead of East.
if you say that someone does something or something appears from out of nowhere , it happens suddenly so that you are surprised or shocked: · From out of nowhere he asked me to marry him.· I was doing 80 miles per hour when from out of nowhere this cop on a motorcycle pulled me over.
if something happens at short notice , it happens suddenly without you having time to prepare for it: · Both players pulled out of the competition yesterday at short notice.· Occasionally, tours may have to be cancelled at short notice.
a long time
· They've been married for 30 years - that's a long time.· It takes me a long time to really trust people.for a long time · The house has been empty for a long time.· Have you been waiting here for a long time?in a long time · It's the worst cold I've had in a long time.· I haven't worn this dress in such a long time.a long time ago · He died a long time ago.· The accident happened such a long time ago that I can't remember much about it.a very long time/a long, long time · I've had those books for a long, long time.· It's very well built and should last a very long time.
· It has long been recognized that a high-fat diet can cause heart problems.· She's convinced that Grandmother is not going to live long.· The journey took longer than I thought it would.long before/after (=a long time before/after) · Long after the war, the wreckage of his plane was discovered.· She was wearing fake fur long before it became fashionable.for long (=for a long time) · Have you been working here for long?· The phone rang for so long, I hung up in the end.long ago · I guess it didn't happen very long ago.take (somebody) so long · Why is it taking so long?· I bet it doesn't take your mom so long to make an apple pie.
continuing for the whole day, night, year etc -- use this especially to emphasize that it is a long time: · It's going to take us all night to finish marking these papers!· He's in London all week, and only comes home at the weekends.all day/week etc long: · I've been working all day long.· Susie, you must have been on the phone all night long!
many hours, weeks, or years -- use this to emphasize the length of time, or to say that it is much longer than you think it should be: · It's years since I rode a bike.· My wife had to wait months for a hospital appointment.for years/hours etc: · I lived there for years.in years/hours etc: · That's one of the best films I've seen in years.
especially British, spoken a very long time: · It seems like ages since we had a holiday.take (somebody) ages: · This software takes ages to load.· It took him ages to guess who it was in the photo.for ages: · I've been waiting here for ages.ages ago: · "When did you last see Barbara?" "Oh, ages ago."ages and ages (=use this to emphasize how long something takes or lasts): · It's the first time for ages and ages he's taken me out.
British informal a long time, use this especially to say that something happened a very long time ago: for donkey's years/ages: · Some of these medicines have been in the stockroom for donkey's years.· That's been going on for donkey's ages -- didn't you know?donkey's years/ages ago: · We used to play golf together, but that was donkey's years ago.
American a very long time: · It took me the longest time to figure out how to work the sunroof in this car.· For the longest time, I thought Nathan was Asian.
words for describing things or people of many different kinds
especially spoken a lot of people or things that are different from each other, but of the same general type: · I meet all sorts of people in my job.· The bureau provides advice on all kinds of housing problems.· My landlady has all kinds of junky stuff in the basement.· Pregnancy causes all sorts of hormonal changes in your body.
very different from each other, though belonging to the same group or being connected in some way: · Indian cinema shows several diverse influences.· It is difficult to design a program that will meet the diverse needs of all our users.· The category of "mammals" contains creatures as diverse as whales, elephants, and human beings.
many very different or surprisingly different kinds of things: · All manner of foodstuffs lay scattered on the kitchen table.· Health food stores promote all manner of herbs to prevent colds.
from or in every kind of job and every social class: · Members of the organization come from all walks of life.· The Internet has affected the everyday existence of children and adults in all walks of life.· Golf used to be a game for the rich, but now it attracts people from all walks of life.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 If people want more freedom of choice, then I’m all for it (=I strongly support it).
 ‘It was a dreadful experience.’ ‘Never mind, it’s all over (=completely finished) now.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Naturally, my mother wanted to know all about it (=all the details relating to it).
 Leadership is all about getting your team to co-operate.
(=used to say that something is more important than anything else) Max is hard-working, cheerful, and above all honest.
· You left the lights on all afternoon.
 We’ve got the all clear for the new project.
 all-in deals to Australia and New Zealand
 an all-inclusive vacation cruise
 Canada will have to go all out on the ice if they want to win.
 Are you feeling all right?
 The kids seem to be getting on all right at school.
 Tony was worried about the meeting but it went all right (=happened with no problems).
 Don’t worry, it’ll turn out all right.
 We’ll eat at eight. Does that sound all right to you?
 ‘Thanks for all your help!’ ‘That’s quite all right.’
 ‘I get eight weeks’ holiday a year.‘ ’Well, it’s all right for some.'
 The price of wheat had reached an all-time low.
 They reached an all-time record score.
 Marsha visits her son almost every day.
 It was scary being all alone in a strange city.
 She was all alone in the world (=she had no family or friends to help her or look after her).
 There were cheering crowds all along Pennsylvania Avenue.
 They haven’t shown any interest at all in my research.
 We would hear the birds singing all around us.
· The training course covers all aspects of business.
(=that is done with a lot of determination)· General Smith was in favour of an all-out attack on the enemy.
 We’d just like to wish him all the best in his new job.
(=a lot of very famous actors)· The movie features an all-star cast.
 I decided to chuck it all in and go to Australia.
 The play has become an American classic.
 It all comes down to money in the end.
 I tried to explain everything to her, but it came out all wrong (=not in the way I intended).
 We are trying to reach an agreement with all concerned (=everyone who is involved or affected).
· CIA officers denied all knowledge of the operation.
(=deserve any bad things that happen to you)· She's behaved really stupidly and she deserves all she gets.
 Gambling can all too easily become an addiction (=used to say that something bad is very possible).
(=including a balance of lots of different subjects)· The school offers a good all-round education.
 Above all else (=more than any other things) she was seeking love.
 a little animal preserved for all eternity as a fossil
(=something is the main cause of bad things)· Love of money is the root of all evil.
(=greater or better than someone expected)· The task took two months to complete, but it was successful far beyond all expectations.
(=their feelings can be seen very clearly in their expression)· You’re jealous – it’s written all over your face!
(=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way)
 If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation.
 This kind of situation was all too familiar (=very familiar) to John.
· This is a game which all the family can enjoy.
 For all its faults (=in spite of its faults) we love this city.
 For all his faults (=in spite of his faults) he was a good father.
 First of all we’d better make sure we’ve got everything we need.
(=support something very much) I’m all for giving people more freedom.
 Excellent teamwork from our staff has brought improvement on all fronts.
· Most of the time he sat around doing fuck all.
 Until I heard her sing I couldn’t see what all the fuss was about (=why people liked it so much).
 She has all the gen on cheap flights.
 Babies make her go all gooey.
 Jack Nicklaus is one of golf’s all-time greats.
 The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
 This kind of thing happens all the time.
 Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s.
 Oil prices have hit rock-bottom.
(=of many kinds) political opinions of every hue
 We want a clean healthy environment for all humanity.
 The fully inclusive fare for the trip is £22.
· He’s done all kinds of work.
 I know all about David and what he’s been up to!
 Politicians know all about the power of language.
(=used when giving a final point or piece of information) Last of all, I’d like to thank everyone for coming.
 When he was writing, he lost all sense of time.
 Public confidence in the legal system is at an all-time low (=much lower or worse than ever before).
 You don’t believe in ghosts and all that malarkey, do you?
 All that matters is that you are safe. Money was the only thing which mattered to him.
 He swung the axe again with all his might.
 He seems to be milking the incident for all it’s worth (=getting as much from it as possible).
(=used to say that a situation happened because of a mistake)· He couldn’t bring himself to tell her it was all a mistake.
(=used when saying that a situation happened because of a mistake)· Why don’t you call him and tell him it was all a misunderstanding?
 Most of all, I just felt sad that it was over.
 I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.
(=used to emphasize how bad something was) Never in all my life have I felt so humiliated.
· He looked as if he’d been up all night.
(=used to emphasize that something continues for the whole night)· The noise continued all night long!
 ‘Was there any mail?’ ‘No, none at all.’
(=used to emphasize what you are saying) The changes were not at all surprising. I do not like his attitude at all.
 ‘Do you know much about business?’ ‘Nothing at all.’
(=despite something seeming very unlikely)· Against all odds, he recovered from his illness.
 ‘Can you lend me ten pounds?’ ‘Oh, all right, but only until tomorrow.’
(=in every part) They said they had cleaned up but there were bottles all over the place. Scientists from all over the world gather here.
 I owe it all to you.
 Sometimes I feel like packing it all in and going off travelling.
(also every part of something)· He had access to all parts of the factory.
 politicians of all persuasions
 the all-pervasive mood of apathy
 The news of the wedding was plastered all over the papers (=was the main story in the newspapers).
 I’ve read practically all of his books.
· The price of oil has hit an all-time record.
 You may think you’re poor, but it’s all relative (=you are not poor compared to some people).
 The love of money is the root of all evil.
 The ballroom’s huge, with windows all the way round.
 There was a lovely courtyard with tables all round.
 changes that are affecting the weather all round the world
 She’s seen it all before (=has experienced so much that nothing surprises her) in her long career.
· He seemed to have lost all sense of proportion.
 Are you all set for the trip?
· She was shaking all over, partly from cold, partly from shock.
British English (=to suddenly become very shy) Oh, have you gone all shy, Jenny?
 May I say in all sincerity that we could not have achieved this much without your help and support.
(=be happy or friendly and smile a lot)· One moment he’s all smiles, the next moment he shouts at me.
 The holidays were over all too soon (=much earlier than you would like).
(=many different sorts)· He collects all sorts of musical instruments.
 Calm down. It’s all sorted.
British English (=when all the workers in a factory, industry etc strike)· The dockers voted for an all-out strike.
(=in which all the workers have stopped working completely)· The company faces an all-out strike next month.
 He’s talked to me about all that stuff too.
· By now, we were not at all sure where we were.
 The fighting went on all through the night.
(=used to tell a group of people to all say or do something at the same time) Right men. All together now ... push!
 Petra’s lost all trace of her German accent.
 I think he’s a genuinely nice guy underneath it all.
 It’s terrible – she lets her kids just walk all over her.
 Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.
· All I want is a normal life.
 I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).
(=in every part of the world)· The city attracts visitors from all over the world.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • He realized that she'd been right all along.
  • I knew all along I wanted to live in the Santa Fe area.
  • I spent over an hour looking for my keys, and they were in my purse all along.
  • Grant arrived on the battlefield to find the Federals under heavy pressure all along their front.
  • He has been polite to Paul all along.
  • It was something he knew all along.
  • It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker.
  • That has been my position all along.
  • The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see.
  • They probably thought I was crazy all along.
  • We told Kelly all along what the doctors were saying.
► all round► one-all/two-all etc
  • All told, 28 people died and 100 were wounded.
  • Craig MacTavish retired last season as the last player to compete without a helmet-17 years all told.
  • He couldn't have bled a great deal, perhaps a cupful all told.
  • He said the doctors all told him the injury was going to happen anyway.
  • It's all told in a bouncy rhyme, with outrageously funny pictures.
  • It will take four to six years, all told.
  • Our 12-day tour, Rome to Sicily, cost us each about $ 1, 500, all told.
  • There were about twenty of us, all told; mostly McHoans but with a smattering of civilians.
  • They take eighteen hours all told, including the overnight soaking.
  • It's all up for you then.
  • And of course he was not all there in his head.
  • But this is not all there is to communication.
  • It was as though he was not all there, Jack thought.
  • And the sporty victim herself was all smiles, too.
  • But the next day Zara and Johnson were all smiles as they enjoyed a day out at a pub.
  • Fakhru was all smiles and had his son by the throat.
  • In the resulting calm Tam and his brother resurfaced and were all smiles.
  • Instead, this way, they were all innocence, all planning.
  • When he entered the kitchen, bringing a great gust of cold air with him, he was all smiles.
  • Your eyes are all innocence, but your lips are pure fire.
  • He was all over me at the dance.
  • After verse 2 even the city itself remains nameless until verse 25, by which time it is all over.
  • Battler opened up with the violin and it was all over in a few minutes.
  • But then I also say I wish it was all over.
  • By this time, it was all over.
  • Domestic violence, they say, is all over town, in all types of neighborhoods.
  • Hopefully, it was all over now and he'd be able to take a spot of leave.
  • I was glad it was all over for him - and, it must be admitted, for me too.
  • It was all over and she was glad.
  • "That's Dora all over," interrupted Rose with a sniff. "Once she gets an idea into her head, nothing will stop her."
  • He was late, of course, but that's Tim all over.
  • Be either late or absent and the thirty-day clock begins all over again.
  • By this time there were medical people all over the place, many of them without a purpose, it seemed.
  • Excuse me, they might say, you have death all over your face, it could be serious.
  • He can lick himself all over too, but we won't go there.
  • Since the shop opened in 1989, it has received over 200,000 visitors from all over Britain and overseas.
  • The works themselves were submitted by teachers all over town, and include two-and three-dimensional pieces.
  • Then it was all over, when Smith was bowled over by Cork.
  • There was a sound of stir all over the house, pattering of feet in the corridors.
  • I haven't seen the other squads: I assume Macca, Speed, and Dorigo are all in there.
  • It may not look like it in the mirror, but getting fat is all in your head.
  • It was all in the knees, he said, and he had liked to ski in better times.
  • So that was how it came out about the kiddy dying - it was all in some letter.
  • The dining table and chairs are all in black walnut.
  • These works have been reprinted in various editions and are all in print at this writing.
  • We apologize to anyone whose name we have forgotten in the rush of deadline time; you are all in good company.
  • What did they need shamanism for, he asked me, if it was all in the New Testament?
► somebody was all ...
  • But not all that much more, not at the actual scene.
  • Charley is not all that enamored of Paris.
  • How they get almonds, then, is not all that marvellous a story.
  • I understand she was found not all that far from her parents' house?
  • In this she was not all that different from other people.
  • Most processes, at the frontline level, are not all that complicated.
  • My husband's not all that bothered one way or the other.
  • The geographical context is not all that matters, but it is the most significant.
  • I don't know why you keep chasing her around - she's not all that.
  • As you probably know, even the cleanest looking carpet is not all that it appears.
  • But language is not all that conventional and matter of fact.
  • But the ordinary ground of palpable reality and time-bound day-to-day existence is not all that firm anyhow.
  • Issue 100 is not all that far away.
  • Obviously enough, action is not all that is required for thought.
  • The geographical context is not all that matters, but it is the most significant.
  • The little secret no one lets out is that what one does after putting on the badge is not all that exciting.
  • The woe that is in marriage is not all that bad really.
  • He offsets Roberts' operatic evil with a performance that commands all the more notice for its minimalism.
  • His job was made all the more easier by drivers who hadn't bothered to take measures to stop people like him.
  • If there is some meat left on the bones, all the better.
  • It makes it all the more opportune.
  • Superb defence by Karpov, all the more praiseworthy in that he was now in desperate time trouble.
  • The dispute was all the more bitter because a prize was at stake.
  • The inadequacy and treachery of the old leaderships of the working class have made the need all the more imperative.
  • Weather experts say it was a relatively dry winter which makes the water recovery all the more remarkable.
  • "Can we go home now?" "Just one moment - I've all but finished my work."
  • By now the war was all but over.
  • Sometimes it seems home baking is a tradition that has all but disappeared.
  • Bidding continues until all but one eligible candidate remains.
  • Every UMass player saw action, and all but two played at least 10 minutes.
  • However, for Moi, this has all but stopped.
  • I was the only woman on all but two of those twenty boards.
  • It is said that the seafloor is a desert, a vast and uniform wasteland, all but devoid of life.
  • She has missed all but two of twelve attempts tonight.
  • The players should therefore be treated like the professionals they are in all but name, and be paid for their work.
  • They are spreading the idea that the contest is already all but over.
  • All too often, making a will is put off until it's too late.
  • His career as a singer was all too short.
  • Apparently, though, it was all too much for her husband - he left very quietly.
  • But it was all too late, and Wakeling quit soon afterwards.
  • Diets started without preparation are broken all too easily.
  • I know all too well the value of a well-placed F-word.
  • No, the pain surfaced in her mind all too readily.
  • The rope should never be allowed to run between the legs, for all too obvious reasons.
  • Vacation time is all too short.
  • When midway through the set four go-go dancers appear, the warped cabaret becomes all too slick and momentum is lost.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► it’s all about somebody/something
  • And what was all that about sending him your regards?
  • I've seen her around a few times, but that's about it.
  • There's some ham in the fridge, and that's about it.
  • Behaviour in a vacuum may be very interesting but that's about all.
  • I can tell the difference between a sparrow and a swan and that's about it.
  • Oh well, that's about it.
  • Soundblaster effects such as laser fire and explosions are terrific but that's about it.
  • That's about all I can tell you.
  • That's about it for this month.
  • They're very big, and they're very expensive, and that's about all you can say for them.
  • Unfortunately when it comes to originality that's about all the game has to offer.
  • By all accounts, Garcia was an excellent manager.
  • Astor was a shy, austere and, by all accounts, unlovable man.
  • But Alice was the only one of the Pritchetts who had, from all accounts, risen above her station in life.
  • Caligula was degenerate but, by all accounts, did not deign to hide the fact.
  • Elephants, by all accounts, were pretty strong too.
  • Now there's Dan Crawley in hospital with the pneumonia, and poor Jenny is penniless by all accounts.
  • Shaughnessy was a heroic figure-a brilliant writer and by all accounts a splendid teacher and leader.
  • She was calculating and ambitious, and by all accounts at least a competent journalist.
  • The original building was, by all accounts, demolished when St. John's railway station was constructed on its present site.
  • Still, it all adds up to an interesting polemic.
  • Twenty hours, $ 14m and 33 actors-it all adds up to..
  • He wrote to say they couldn't give me a job after all.
  • I don't know why you're so concerned; after all, it isn't your problem.
  • Rita didn't have my pictures after all - Jake did.
  • But some things are private, after all.
  • Is that on the cards, or has Unesco got some rules that he is going to enforce after all?
  • It was her father's home, after all.
  • It was their country, after all.
  • Printing and presentation should be as attractive as possible - after all the library is an attractive place isn't it?
  • Something should be celebrated after all, in these dim days.
  • These are, after all, very familiar species.
  • At the police station they asked me the same questions all over again.
  • The computer crashed and deleted all my work - I had to start the essay all over again.
  • The prospect of writing the report all over again made me feel completely depressed.
  • There's no tape in the machine. We'll have to start the interview all over again.
  • A toy would have run down eventually, but Anna would undoubtedly start up all over again in the morning.
  • And then they started it all over again.
  • At first, it was jobs all over again.
  • It was Lillie Langtry all over again, the old ones said wisely.
  • Men thus instructed often found it easier to get on with it than to try and explain the danger all over again.
  • The bank nurse all over again.
  • The threatening phone calls started all over again.
  • There are still times, even after Jasper, when I have to catch on all over again.
► all-day/all-night► the all clear
  • It's all go around here this morning. Ten new orders, all marked "URGENT'.
  • Yes, it's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest.
  • But if it's all right for wives to have this status, then it's all right for cohabitees too.
  • It's all right for you.
► I’m all right Jack► it’ll be all right on the night
  • Anyway, I did all right.
  • He did all right in that Navy movie, whatever it was.
  • Wow, so you guys must do all right then, him?
  • It's all right. Mommy's here now.
  • I think it's all right.
  • I will do the opposite, if it's all right by you-and always be glad you came.
  • It's all right but he prefers Cabanaconda.
  • It's all right, my darling, Mrs Jourdelay's driving us.
  • Now, Benny, it's all right.
► it’s/that’s all right
  • Grant arrived on the battlefield to find the Federals under heavy pressure all along their front.
  • He has been polite to Paul all along.
  • It was something he knew all along.
  • It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker.
  • That has been my position all along.
  • The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see.
  • They probably thought I was crazy all along.
  • We told Kelly all along what the doctors were saying.
  • Anyone can claim to have all the answers.
  • But I don't have all the answers.
  • He was a modest and unassuming man who never gave the impression that he knew all the answers.
  • In the current situation many issues as yet remain unresolved and we do not have all the answers.
  • We are supposed to have all the answers.
  • Will that have all the answers?
  • Is food and comfort the be-all and end-all?
  • However, it was said that looking at the employee's base was not the be-all and end-all.
  • However, weight is not the be-all and end-all and you must keep a check on your general shape and fitness.
  • You can lose five pounds a week on this diet. And best of all, you never have to feel hungry.
  • But Black Mountain was often not the best of all possible worlds.
  • I'd have liked best of all to have stuffed his mouth with hay.
  • I appeal to all who have ever known this best of all hospitals - fight for Bart's.
  • Of all the participants Reagan came out best of all.
  • Oh, but best of all was the chair in which I myself was destined momentarily to sit.
  • That was the thing he loved best of all: running free.
  • The Corps was a know-how, can-do outfit, possibly the best of all the outfits that came to town.
  • Tell him I said goodbye and wish him all the best.
  • A facility that's said to represent all the best in car manufacturing worldwide.
  • He wanted to give it all the best that was in him, of which he had more than he needed.
  • In fact they are regularly seen around all the best joints.
  • Maybe it was true that the Devil got all the best lines.
  • On the surface, at least, Bonita Vista has all the best qualities of a racially diverse campus.
  • The movement has got all the best stories, even if it's a little short on facts.
  • They came, all the best and noblest, to join the company.
  • They still kept almost all the best in-state players.
  • And it was all the better for being hosted by real-deal Alice Cooper rather than fat phoney Phill Jupitus.
  • And the piece was all the better for it.
  • My grandmother therefore moulded my life, and I believe I am all the better for it.
  • Spa towns, though, are all the better for looking somewhat passé and Eaux-Bonnes is more passé than most.
  • The game at Twickenham today will be all the better for the inclusion of the National Anthem.
  • Well, a statement like that is all the better for proof, but go on, anyway.
► be a bit of all right► be blazed across/all over something
  • This case has been blown totally out of proportion because of the media attention.
  • The issue was blown far out of proportion.
  • Have you ever in all your born days seen the like?
  • I never saw so many snarls in all my born days.
  • I hope she does some work at home. She does bugger all in the office.
  • You'll get bugger all thanks for helping them.
► and all that business
  • He pushed all the right buttons.
  • These are words which are all designed to press the right buttons among women voters.
  • Dave spent Christmas all by himself.
  • Do you think you can move the couch by yourself?
  • Katherine made the cookies all by herself.
  • You can't go home by yourself in the dark.
  • He came at once, by himself, as she had asked.
  • One proposal by itself was anathema; the two together were poison.
  • Our car was half full, and we were assigned to a row by ourselves.
  • She'd managed that all by herself.
  • Similarly, Spong believes that homosexuality, by itself, is not a sin.
  • Stanford... well, Stanford is in a class by itself.
  • The land by itself could not support the population.
  • I had a terrible day at work, and to cap it all off I got a flat tire.
  • And to cap it all off, when she was tied-up she couldn't run backwards, so she lay down instead!
  • And to cap it all she could feel the ominous beginnings of a thundering headache.
  • And to cap it all, the bland sleazy boredom of it all.
  • And, to cap it all, Wimbledon won the Cup.
  • "Dave's moving to Boston." "He can move to Timbuktu, for all I care."
  • For much of 1981 and early 1982 the Social Democrats seemed to carry all before them.
  • Hollywood had carried all before it but even the Hollywood product was fairly diversified.
  • Neath carried all before them in winning the inaugural Heineken League last season - or did they?
  • The conventional view, then as now, was that Lanfranc had carried all before him in asserting the rights of Canterbury.
► old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all► come over (all) shy/nervous etc
  • But Perot is listed as an independent candidate, and he promised a nominating process open to all comers.
  • But some doctors have a history of abusing that trust for profit, prescribing unnecessary and ineffective diet regimes to all comers.
  • Despite the requirement to open contracts and business opportunities to all comers, somehow those countries manage to choose their own nationals.
  • His hospitality knew no respect of persons; the abbey-gates stood open for all comers who needed either refreshment or lodging ...
  • If you are a good competitor, you take on all comers.
  • Next Saturday, the Blues' custodian is back between the posts again, taking on all comers.
  • The Mantela was an honest ship, with no frills, but ready to take on all comers.
  • The non-profit group is devoted to teaching the style, opening their doors wide to all comers.
  • And apologists for Labour's refusal to organise in Northern Ireland can not in all conscience describe themselves as democrats.
  • I have a hard time separating one statement resulting from torture from another and I can not in good conscience do so.
  • Yet as Dunkers they could not in conscience support the use of force or pay disrespect to the Crown.
  • Bright was turned down on both counts by Field, whose principal consideration was the weather.
  • By contrast, Gordon says, the Net fails on several counts.
  • He had failed on both counts.
  • He was convicted by a jury on all counts and sentenced to 41 months in prison.
  • He was too ambitious on both counts.
  • I am afraid that, on all counts, it is going to fall down.
  • I find this unconvincing on several counts.
  • Missing Valuables Dear Missing: Yes, on both counts.
  • Stacked humbuckers are one solution but Chandler's Firebird pickups cover all the bases equally well, while sounding refreshingly individual.
► something is not all/everything it’s cracked up to be
  • The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.
  • This company is firing on all cylinders.
  • Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults.
  • As the mysterious man following Blackeyes, Nigel Planer speaks at last, though he has damn all to say.
  • He replied that he knew damn all about it but would swear it was.
  • Oh, damn all this killing.
  • She had damn all in the way of information, let alone the illusion of town hall propaganda.
► dash it (all)!► be all in a day’s work
  • Hurry up, we don't have all day!
  • But Sally does not have all day here.
► be all downhill (from here)/be downhill all the way (from here)
  • Apparently they had not approached with due respect to the spirits of the Hills.
  • Dad, with all due respect, was not exactly the most suitable husband.
  • The Home Office was willingly cooperating with other authorities to ensure the events passed off peacefully and with due respect.
  • Yet, with all due respect, are there not too many central bankers stalking the globe?
  • Everyone was all ears as soon as I mentioned a cash prize.
  • Go ahead, I'm all ears.
  • Tell me exactly what happened. I'm all ears.
► put all your eggs in one basket
  • He had surely taken part in the war to end all wars.
  • It was the cathedral to end all cathedrals.
  • The big one's coming, the war to end all wars.
  • The funeral to end all funerals.
  • The pageant to end all pageants.
  • The plot concerns a strategy conceived and agreed by the women of the world to end all wars.
► it’ll (all) end in tears► end your life/end it all
  • All other things being equal, schools where parents are highly involved are more likely to run effectively.
  • Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.
  • But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
  • But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
  • It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
  • Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
  • The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
► all expenses paid► all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc
  • Ah, come on; all's fair in love and war, Cameron.
  • She was all fingers and thumbs - and worry.
  • The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.
  • This company is firing on all cylinders.
  • Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults.
► go the way of all flesh
  • But these pronouncements should not be taken as the fount of all wisdom.
  • Cassie Willmott, the fount of all knowledge.
  • Billy was down on all fours playing with the puppy.
  • Get away from it all in sunny Barbados.
  • Coe, on the other hand, is getting away from it all with a weeks holiday in Helsinki.
► give somebody time/a few weeks/all day etc
  • If Hal went all out, he could win any one of them; but that would be bad for morale.
  • If Lynne Perrie wants something she believes in going all out to get it.
  • Marketers go all out for these events.
  • On my last day as head of the mess Sanborn and his staff went all out.
  • The Bordeaux exhibition goes all out for an abundance of images.
  • The poplars and fireweed have gone all out for flight, compromises be damned.
  • Three, you went all out to persuade me to call Sandy to break the news about Ed's murder.
  • Well, you have to go all out for it.
  • Better to accept it's all gone.
  • But it is starting to look as though it's all going sour.
  • But now they're here it's all going splendidly.
  • It's all gone very quiet over there!
  • It can't be helped ... Together for an instant and then smash it's all gone still its worth it.
  • Now it's all gone quiet.
  • So it's all going to go ahead as per the script.
  • Yes, it's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest.
► all the go► God is in his heaven, all’s right with the world
  • "When are we going to open the presents?" "All in good time."
  • "When are you going to pay me?" "All in good time."
  • But don't fret, you shall have a puppy all in good time.
  • Don't worry about it man - it's all good.
  • But it's all good practice, a good day out.
  • It's all good clean shaven fun.
  • If the higher insurance rates means that drivers will be extra careful, then it's all to the good.
  • And I think you will agree it will be to the best advantage of all if the holidays were curtailed.
  • If he had something special for her, that was all to the good.
  • It was encouraging, it was all to the good, it made his decision seem timely, fixed to favorable circumstances.
  • One can reckon that to be all to the good, from a stranger.
  • That would be all to the good.
  • This is all to the good.
  • This meant all trains had to stop and, as Lydham Heath was our station, this was all to the good.
  • This will increase efficiency and be to the good of the respective communities.
  • However, 44% of you feel that these reports should leave the gory details out and 39% feel they encourage copycat crimes.
  • Log on and get the gory details.
► it’s all Greek to me
  • Humans had become mere technical grist to the mill like any base metal.
  • In fact, all the events' of daily life are grist to the mill of these popular singers.
  • This is all grist to the mill of orthodox social democratic analyses of crime.
  • Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing.
  • Kasparov has won, but Karpov went down with all guns blazing to an honourable defeat.
  • Naomi has moved in, with all guns blazing.
  • It's all hands on deck as the crew work as team to make the show look its best.
  • It was all hands on deck as they worked flat out over a weekend in March.
  • Adrienne paused to scan her face before taking her coat and hanging it in the closet.
  • And you can hang it up.
  • He hangs it out of sight, through a curtained doorway next to the bar.
  • He weaves an apple blossom wreath and hangs it from a branch.
  • Take off your coat and hang it up.
  • Their decision to hang it on a beam in the barn was an acknowledgment of how little it belonged.
  • They looked around for somewhere to hang it.
  • Each time you let it all hang out, you lower your threshold for doing it again.
  • My face resembled the back of one of those baboons who let it all hang out at mating time.
  • Now you can anonymously let it all hang out online.
  • Was it possible to go too far, or should he just let it all hang out?
  • We let it all hang out.
  • Helen used to have the house to herself.
  • I have said to myself that that is wrong.
  • I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
  • Most of the people in the boardinghouse would go home, and he and I would have the house to ourselves.
  • Mummy stopped the car at once, even though the pizza parlour was so crowded that they couldn't have a table to themselves.
  • Of course, the Little Sprouts and the Plumpsters could have kept to themselves.
  • She regrets she is so much in the way of the young people, who really should have some time to themselves.
  • They could; and should have won this match and the players have to look to themselves.
► be struck all of a heap
  • I believed that with all my heart.
  • And I am glad, yes, glad with all my heart.
  • And you do it with all your heart in order to f fulfill whatever.
  • He held that microphone steady with all his heart.
  • I believe with all my heart that we were about to be overrun.
  • I wish with all my heart I could believe what you say.
  • It had seemed right in that split second; now she wished with all her heart that she hadn't done it.
  • Debbie told him to shut up, he slapped her, and then all hell broke loose.
  • When a fan jumped onto the stage, all hell broke loose.
  • A sparrow hawk appeared - and all hell broke loose!
  • And then, all hell broke loose.
  • But then all hell broke loose, geologically speaking, as increasing numbers of sources for the rock were discovered.
  • Journalists woke him up in his bed with the news and, as I suspected, all hell broke loose.
  • Not at all bad considering that all hell broke loose in September and the City was rocked by events outside its control.
  • She started to strip off, all hell broke loose and he bolted while plain-clothes officers moved in to stage a cover-up.
  • What actually happened was that I was as drunk as anybody in the barracks the night all hell broke loose.
  • When the story was leaked to the press, all hell broke loose.
  • She raised her daughter by herself.
  • She was sitting at a table by herself.
  • By herself she could jump over fences and ditches better than her brothers.
  • Ellie McGlynn was there, standing by herself on the front porch.
  • He sidled into her mind, usually when she was by herself but not always; he wasn't shy.
  • It was so tragic that the girl should be going through all this by herself.
  • Minna had gone away quietly all by herself, probably to meet Zbigniew Shapira at a Danzig hotel.
  • She wanted to be by herself, where there were no lights.
  • She was too weak to get out of bed by herself, but she might be calling Lester to help her.
  • She wouldn't have to deal with Anna by herself.
  • She had the house to herself while her parents were gone.
  • Helen used to have the house to herself.
  • How could she have done this to herself?
  • Don's traveling by himself.
  • He's standing up by himself already.
  • But on the campaign trail, Coles sometimes seems like a boxer in the ring by himself.
  • He walked slowly, all by himself.
  • He was to be placed with another inmate the next day, but wound up in a cell by himself.
  • I think Sadlowski by himself could have kept it that simple.
  • Once Hopkinson arrived late for breakfast to find the Colonel by himself reading a newspaper.
  • Sir Henry agreed to help in this way, and to go by himself to the Stapletons that evening.
  • The day he stood alone, by himself, without holding on, he roared out his triumph.
  • When the officers retired, Hashim used to jump down and play squash by himself.
  • Jerry wanted to have the company all to himself.
  • But he might just as well have been talking to himself.
  • Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself?
  • I wanted Seve to have the stage to himself - he'd earned it.
  • If he can't have you all to himself, he won't want you at all.
  • She had hoped Travis would have kept it to himself.
  • In areas such as research, larger well-financed firms hold all the cards.
  • It seemed that he held all the cards and that there was nothing she could do but say 'yes'.
  • Politically, the logging industry holds all the cards.
  • But it just seemed that he held all the cards, he made all the decisions.
  • He held all the cards and it would be an upset if he lost.
  • Men still held all the cards.
  • Nowhere else does the evolutionary battle take place in an arena where, in effect, one player holds all the cards.
  • Ross did hold all the cards, she acknowledged bitterly.
  • In all honesty, I'm thinking of taking another year off.
  • But in all honesty... he needs a long rest.
  • It was not, in all honesty, an auspicious debut.
  • Many have been produced in all honesty as book illustrations or in celebration of some interesting event or anniversary.
► what’s (all) the hurry?/why (all) the hurry?
  • His alibi turns out to have been provided, in all innocence, by his twin!
  • The offended divinity gave not a thought to whether the youth had purposely insulted her or had come there in all innocence.
► to all intents and purposes
  • The door's not going to close by itself.
  • Will the dog be safe left in the car by itself?
  • About twice as many, for depression by itself.
  • But then, I think the Nagumo Force can handle this operation all by itself.
  • It's in there by itself.
  • Let the fatuous sun shine by itself and let's head for the moon.
  • Perhaps now he could see why the drawing was in a space by itself.
  • The growth in members is meaningless all by itself.
  • The threat of lawsuits by itself is a major factor in driving up health care costs.
  • To begin with, by itself it doesn't produce anything.
  • This idea deserves a chapter to itself.
  • Even a predator as powerful as a tiger wants to avoid risk of damage to itself.
  • His only strategy is to take small steps and to carry the local vector parallel to itself over each step.
  • In the schools we have visited the curriculum does connect, both to kids and to itself.
  • It should create a voice that is unique to itself.
  • The family itself is a self-contained, almost private, institution - a world to itself.
  • Under a 3600 rotation, a boson state-vector goes back to itself, not to its negative.
  • Until the beginning of this year, Congress had not applied to itself a single civil-rights or workplace statute passed this century.
  • Yggdrasil composed an exquisite sonnet that deserved to live for centuries, but kept it to itself.
  • Yeah, bring in the candy bars, the cookies, and all that jazz.
  • The cookies and all that jazz.
  • I opened the window, and for all I know it's still open.
  • It cost millions. It could be billions for all I know.
  • And they probably have cameras on it for all I know.
  • During the war for all I know?
  • He might even be her source, for all I knew.
  • Snow and ice were deadly for all I knew, never having driven on either.
  • The real losers will, for all I know, eat dirt.
  • There were a few people around, polishing and sweeping, and maybe spreading incense for all I knew.
  • You might be from the newspapers, for all I know.
► be laughing all the way to the bank
  • Dave doesn't take anything seriously, least of all himself.
  • Nobody wants to stop you from following the career of your choice, least of all me.
  • She told no one, least of all her husband, what she planned to do.
  • James was no model of deportment anywhere, least of all in his marital and other personal relations.
  • Life is no bed of roses for the new dealer, least of all if female and of a gullible disposition.
  • No one thought it was a goal of mine, least of all me.
  • Nobody, least of all the chancellor, one suspects, is banking on this.
  • Not least of all, it is the San Diego neighborhood that many gays have long embraced as their own.
  • They were not people who smiled much, least of all at children.
  • This wasn't yet a case for the police, least of all for him.
  • Truth is, no one has laughed at the inconsistent Campbell lately, least of all the Nets.
  • In all likelihood, Davis will be traded to the Dallas Cowboys.
  • After all, my reputation is in all likelihood blasted in any event.
  • I shall die when I am between seventy-five and eighty, in all likelihood.
  • Nader's presidential run, in all likelihood, will cost Gore the White House.
  • Principally, says Stern, because Molto is, in all likelihood, not going to testify.
  • Ray, in all likelihood, would refuse.
  • Stress is high, but in all likelihood, enough things are going well to keep you afloat for now.
  • Ten thousand dollars, which in all likelihood has been accruing interest all this time.
  • That necessary ditching, in all likelihood, will now be done in time for the next election.
  • Just went around in my wrapper all the livelong day, my mama would faint.
  • He just sat at a table ticking off numbers all day long.
  • He loved growing things, and in Florida he could work his garden all year long.
  • I suppose that if we include New Zealand, we can claim to have new season lamb practically all year long.
  • She'd sail the lake all day long if I let her.
  • Smashing down mogul fields all day long, day after day, sounds great to skiers in their 20s.
  • So all day long her thoughts fought with each other.
  • The docks were experiencing a boom in trade and all day long a steady stream of customers came and went.
  • There is just so little meaning in what I do almost all day long!
► all is not lost► love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love
  • It costs a fortune to buy a Porsche - some people have all the luck.
  • All manner of foodstuffs lay scattered on the kitchen table.
  • Health food stores promote all manner of herbs to prevent colds.
  • This small portable oven is capable of cooking all manner of baked goods.
  • Glover felt hot under the collar; it would seem that all manner of deranged people were managing to outsmart him.
  • That neutrality is often criticized as hypocritical: all manner of metaphysical conclusions-as above-are usually taken as gospel.
  • The divide was confirmed in all manner of ways.
  • The first tee attracts all manner of casual onlookers.
  • The objects left in the churchyard were open to all manner of interpretation and imagination could run riot.
  • Traditional boundaries between the counties were ignored so that all manner of sporting and social organizations were threatened with disturbance.
  • Where they scrape against one another, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain belts and all manner of geological phenomena arise.
  • Wildlife in the Soviet Union is exploited in all manner of ways.
► by all means!► it’s all in the mind
  • As I told you once, we all make mistakes in our youth.
  • I have all mod cons and Mrs B. All I have to do is relax.
  • Peugeot and Citroen countered that by providing diesel models decked out with all mod cons.
  • The little Peugeot has all mod cons with power steering and an air bag.
  • The property has many interesting features and all mod cons.
  • In all modesty, I think I've matured quite a bit since those days.
  • He knew his son was all mouth and trousers but fair is fair, and family is family.
  • Actually, I kind of wanted to be by myself tonight.
  • I ate a whole gallon of ice cream by myself.
  • All 41 tests were witnessed by myself or other members of the Requalification group and results compared against identified criteria.
  • All the instructors are carefully selected by myself and they offer a very special service.
  • And I have done it by myself.
  • But I can't reach the window by myself.
  • I go to the movies by myself one autumn evening.
  • I was out driving around by myself.
  • The next night, when I found it by myself, I bonded.
  • I had a whole lane in the swimming pool to myself.
  • I didn't have Mum to myself because all the others were around.
  • I get home and I have no time to myself.
  • I have a duty to myself and to my reader to express what follows with truth and dignity.
  • I have an office to myself.
  • I have been re-transformed to myself and this civilised gloom.
  • I have said to myself that that is wrong.
  • I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
  • The bedroom upstairs is all ready for my brother, and I'd prefer to have that floor to myself anyway.
  • I always feel they are open meetings in everything but name.
  • Since then the craggy little republic of 650,000-odd people has been independent in all but name.
  • Soon Jack and Courtney's marriage was also over in everything but name.
  • The players should therefore be treated like the professionals they are in all but name, and be paid for their work.
► you need only do something/all you need do is ...► that’s all I need/that’s just what I didn’t need► make (all) the right noises (about something)
  • I do not like his attitude at all.
  • No, no, no, that's wrong. That's not what I meant at all.
  • She's not at all happy about the situation.
  • The changes were not at all surprising.
  • But better in the nick of time than not at all.
  • Everything is preserved perfectly or not at all.
  • For example, the abstract either comes first or not at all.
  • He's not at all well.
  • I see her again, very straight, dressed in light colors, not at all showy.
  • She pushes down her dress but is not at all embarrassed.
  • Their steady, reliable earnings growth attracts investors primarily when the economy is growing slowly or not at all.
  • I've seen cases of this kind of child abuse all too often.
  • But what should be a happy and fulfilling experience all too often is not.
  • Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land.
  • In regard to the use of field interviewers, the social and psychological aspects of studies are all too often ignored.
  • It is somehow reassuring that, all too often, there is a not a table to be had.
  • Sadly, their struggles all too often end up in disillusionment and sometimes, in death.
  • Successful experiments all too often remain marginal, if they have no political clout.
  • The first time they're a novelty, after that they're all too often an irritation.
  • Yet gays turning to churches and other institutions for help all too often were told not to worry.
  • All at once the trailer started shaking.
  • All at once, she broke into a smile.
  • Should we send the packages all at once?
  • And with the slow-going afternoon the world all at once can make perfect sense.
  • Employees at the plant are experiencing a-change overload. --- Changes came too fast and hit thern all at once.
  • Father Timothy was kind and bad all at once.
  • I have never seen so many injunctions all at once.
  • Not all at once and not so anyone could tell.
  • The cold in our house made it clear all at once.
  • This is a distinctive and often very funny picture, disquieting and diverting all at once.
  • Let's settle this matter once and for all.
  • I had to destroy, once and for all, the vicious circle of poverty and economic stagnation.
  • I was perilously close to being touched once and for all.
  • Jackson proved once and for all he was no longer the kid star of the Jackson Five days.
  • No magic wand exists that can be waved once and for all to end injustice.
  • Only by exploring these patterns, their causes and effects, is there any possibility of breaking them once and for all.
  • Seismic tomography showed once and for all that the mantle was indeed in motion.
  • This was supposed to be her final victory over him, supposed to establish her rule once and for all.
  • Three blocks south, fancier houses in the 700 block of Commercial Street were shuttered once and for all.
  • It's a TV, radio, and VCR all in one.
  • And if that were not enough, I was fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful towns in the state.
  • Cheltenham races are being broadcast in one corner, the Budget in another.
  • Information arrival was proxied by daily futures and spot volatility estimated in one of the six different ways.
  • Inside the house of a friend of mine nearly everything was affected in one way or another.
  • Nearly all the encounters end in one of the other three ways.
  • People emerge from the casinos with beers in one hand and plastic cups full of change in the other.
  • Schwab is reengineering its own business in one visionary leap that will require six years to execute.
  • When she was nine, she recalled in one of her stories, her parents had begun to fight.
  • The pastor is a friend to one and all.
  • At four corners are smaller octagons, replicas in design of the large one and all very tall.
  • Hence, the First Amendment, which is meant to encourage gaseous emissions from one and all.
  • Her professionalism, dedication and attitude should be an example to one and all.
  • Marge was busy hugging one and all, including Miss Rose, who did not relish a hug.
  • So Ford took concrete steps to get the idea across to one and all.
  • They are one and all friendly, kind and tolerant - largely I surmise by virtue of my wife and her approachability.
  • Unimpeachable classics, one and all.
  • Yet the program aims to treat one and all with professional respect.
  • This year we wanted to take a vacation by ourselves.
  • We built the wall all by ourselves.
  • And when the blur does clear, we imagine that we have made it do so all by ourselves.
  • Kip and I would have been helpless, by ourselves, in the situation, and Martinez probably intuited it.
  • Our car was half full, and we were assigned to a row by ourselves.
  • The walls of our imprisonment were there before we appeared on the scene, but they are ever rebuilt by ourselves.
  • These services will be provided either directly by ourselves or by independently contracted suppliers.
  • This information will be considered by ourselves at the key features review and due diligence stages.
  • We believe we should resolve our issues by ourselves...
  • We can manage very well by ourselves.
  • When Sarah goes to college we'll finally have the house to ourselves.
  • And among the primary vehicles families use to mirror us to ourselves are the family stories we hear about ourselves.
  • And like Persephone, we will return, to ourselves, and to our ancestral beginnings.
  • But in private we are comfortable living with ourselves - we just don't always admit it to ourselves.
  • Keeping up with the day-to-day pressure of everyday life leaves little time to devote to ourselves.
  • They were always there if we needed a babysitter or some time to ourselves.
  • We continually talk to ourselves about them, losing force all the time, and feel that we are very badly treated.
  • We spoke too much to ourselves, and not enough to other people.
  • We travelled clandestinely by helicopter one evening and kept strictly to ourselves what we saw there.
  • A toy would have run down eventually, but Anna would undoubtedly start up all over again in the morning.
  • And then they started it all over again.
  • At first, it was jobs all over again.
  • It was Lillie Langtry all over again, the old ones said wisely.
  • Men thus instructed often found it easier to get on with it than to try and explain the danger all over again.
  • The bank nurse all over again.
  • The threatening phone calls started all over again.
  • There are still times, even after Jasper, when I have to catch on all over again.
  • Did you build this all on your own?
  • Will you be OK here on your own?
  • Although the names of these principles have been variously translated, I shall rely on my own designations in explaining them.
  • Being independent minded, I set off on my own, armed with books, maps and pamphlets.
  • Go alone, without a guide or mentor, and discover the art of fly-fishing on your own.
  • It can also help on its own either locally or in the diet.
  • My sister, who is 80, lives on her own and takes no tablets.
  • Once you're out there, it's you on your own.
  • The other half did it on their own.
  • They should be kept, on their own, in tanks no less than five feet in length.
  • Hann's analysis is right in almost all particulars.
  • That's all in the past.
  • To you that is all in the past, some one else's past, long ago.
► feel peculiar/come over all peculiar
  • "Annie" was directed by John Huston, of all people.
  • Why is Jennifer Stern, of all people, so important?
  • You of all people should have realized the risks.
  • You of all people shouldn't be calling him worthless.
  • How could this go unnoticed by, of all people, the subjects themselves?
  • I've been cursed for wanting Elian back with his father, of all people.
  • It was Gentle, of all people.
  • Now its humiliation has been deepened by, of all people, a second-hand car salesman.
  • One way is to emphasize the inherent innocence of all people with the disease.
  • The incident that occurred and of all people me.
  • Why, of all people, him.
  • But it really is all of a piece in the end.
  • It was all of a piece with them.
  • It was of a piece with the neglected timber, the weedy gravel and the minatory notices which guarded the bounds.
  • Lehane does, but then that is of a piece with the rest of this marvellous book.
  • Murray's sensitive readings of Marvell's poetry argue that the life is of a piece with the work.
  • My body was all of a piece, it did not have any seams.
  • Basically we pissed all over them, and out-classed them in every department.
  • Dirty clothes were all over the place.
  • Her hair was all over the place.
  • They're putting up new offices all over the place.
  • He leaves clues all over the place.
  • Hold a knife blade over the housing and it goes all over the place, proving the point.
  • Nobody knew where anyone was, and there were rumours flying about all over the place.
  • People were sneezing all over the place as if it were the heart of allergy season.
  • The egg in the mixture makes it stay put, instead of running all over the place as most cheese mixtures do.
  • The fact is, there are heroes all over the place.
  • You can go all over the place.
  • But, for all practical purposes you can say that a wind angle of 60° produces maximum drift.
  • Computerized free language indexing is, for all practical purposes, the same as natural language indexing.
  • Indeed for all practical purposes he owned us.
  • Most of the 54 stories reproduced here, even the previously published ones, were, for all practical purposes, lost.
  • The edit display screen can only be used, for all practical purposes, for cutting and pasting.
  • Yet for all practical purposes, Windows was Macintosh.
  • Her face, its small universe, was all present and correct.
  • Missiles are there, all present and correct as listed by the Pentagon.
  • The 15 all present and correct had between them an astonishing 533 years' service.
  • In all probability, Kelsey will resign by the end of the year.
  • In all probability, parts of the church date from even earlier than the twelfth century.
  • She knew that, in all probability, he was seeing other women as well as herself.
  • He did not because in all probability he did not know himself.
  • He graded it an unlikely E7 6c - unlikely in that it is, in all probability, much harder.
  • My dear little Louisa too is just at a critical age, teething in all probability.
  • That the fox was exhausted is questionable for it did gain the cover of the woods and in all probability survived.
  • The tamarin will be preserved, in all probability, only if zoos throughout the world cooperate in breeding programmes.
  • This wider region will in all probability reflect the district, regional or area organisation and/or competition structure of many governing bodies.
  • We knew that we were in all probability going to die before the day was gone.
  • You will not be in a condition to care about shaving, for example, for a few days in all probability anyway.
  • Athletes are a mirror of society, even if sometimes their images are blown out of proportion.
  • Like the cabalistic use of hints and allusions, it achieves results seemingly out of proportion to the measures employed.
  • Likewise, the scare associated with the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island was blown out of proportion.
  • So far, the intensity of these controversies is all out of proportion to the seriousness of the suspected offenses.
  • The paranoia's got out of proportion.
  • The scare has been blown out of proportion, said John Marchello, professor of animal science at the University of Arizona.
  • We mustn't get things out of proportion.
  • With men it's totally out of proportion.
  • For all practical purposes, the cleanup of the oil spill is complete.
  • For all practical purposes, the country is bankrupt.
  • But, for all practical purposes you can say that a wind angle of 60° produces maximum drift.
  • Computerized free language indexing is, for all practical purposes, the same as natural language indexing.
  • Indeed for all practical purposes he owned us.
  • Most of the 54 stories reproduced here, even the previously published ones, were, for all practical purposes, lost.
  • The edit display screen can only be used, for all practical purposes, for cutting and pasting.
  • Yet for all practical purposes, Windows was Macintosh.
► all quarters of the Earth/globe► that’s quite all right
  • Before the war, ragtime was all the rage in the dancehalls.
  • Buying a cabin in the mountains may be all the rage at the moment, but is it really a sound investment?
  • A few years ago, heat pumps were all the rage.
  • Beau: Battledress is all the rage now for traffic patrol.
  • Blackpatch Hill will be all the rage for the Bessborough Handicap whatever his price.
  • But an Examiner computer analysis has uncovered a new trend: Human names are all the rage for canines.
  • Financial engineering was all the rage.
  • International equity issues are all the rage.
  • When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932, housewives' shopping clubs were all the rage.
  • But that's all the more reason why we should go off this time with a car well filled, eh?
  • If some material is lost already, that is all the more reason to stop a lapse becoming a loophole.
  • That means there is all the more reason to oppose the willed destruction of old things.
  • That possibility is all the more reason to end the conflict soon.
  • This is all the more reason to find a more democratic way of deciding the state for the first primary.
  • Their demands go beyond all reason.
  • But by this time Maidstone was beyond all reason.
  • He is beyond reason, Diniz.
  • It was beyond all reason that Hal, who had performed flawlessly for so long, should suddenly turn assassin.
  • Their condition is beyond reason, but it is certainly not, as they believe, beyond cure.
► with (the greatest) respect/with (all) due respect
  • Capitalist accompanies its development with a fanfare about freedom of choice, free markets, and all the rest of it.
  • Groan, groan, and all the rest of it.
  • I've already lost one house and a business and a car, two cars, and all the rest of it.
  • I understand the problems in hung Parliaments, and all the rest of it.
  • None of the overtones of subordination and all the rest of it would have been present to the Hebrew.
  • The cooking and cleaning and homework-checking and shopping and all the rest of it.
  • Told me I was jumping to conclusions and weaving fantasies and all the rest of it.
  • You couldn't care less about education and health and all the rest of it.
  • The band's sound was metal and punk and rap all rolled into one.
  • For many, this outsized jamboree became both a new Pentecost and a New Jerusalem rolled into one.
  • In practice, stages 2 and 3 are often rolled into one.
  • It had all the elements one finds in several different testimonies all artfully rolled into one.
  • Lloyd Kaufman is also a writer, director, producer, actor and studio mogul, all rolled into one.
  • Lovable Manuel is quite the tyrant, a mini Papi and Mami rolled into one.
  • She was a fallen Magdalene and a lamenting dolorosa rolled into one.
  • So the service offers a payment system and a management information system rolled into one.
  • They represent a kind of hybrid architect, designer, engineer, set builder and scenario maker, all rolled into one.
  • As the race started, Dettori decided to make the running.
  • Busy Martin Ling made the running.
  • Collins made the running down the left and found Slater at the back-post.
  • Hodkinson, encouraged by his corner, was now making all the running.
  • Painfully and in the open she had to make all the running.
  • That was precisely what women had done in the past - sit back and wait for men to make the running.
  • The wary fighter backs off from you and so must be encouraged to make all the running.
  • When this is so, a visit will always go well if they are allowed to make the running.
  • We can go out to eat if you want - it's all the same to me.
  • Well, if it's all the same to you, we would rather be the judges of that.
  • The potatoes were a little overcooked, but delicious all the same.
  • He made beer the same way as his grandfather had and today it's brewed just the same way.
  • My father was a Hasid but he wanted us to know the Scriptures just the same.
  • Some have felt they were all the same, maybe even the Apostle John.
  • The look will be different, but the content, the coverage and the crack will be just the same.
  • These strips are all the same, a sort of busy evolutionary seashore.
  • Trout fishing is often a great challenge, but rewarding just the same, with gorgeous colored fish and the streamside beauty.
  • Well, if it's all the same to you, we would rather be the judges of that.
  • Yet all the same, progress resulted.
  • All the same, it would have been nice to go.
  • But drink it all the same.
  • Hencke had discovered during the last few days of wretched weather that doorways were not all the same.
  • It's just a toy, but it's astonishing all the same.
  • The certificates, however, were not all the same.
  • These strips are all the same, a sort of busy evolutionary seashore.
  • We might speak different languages but we're all the same.
  • Well thought, all the same!
  • Yet all the same, progress resulted.
  • A girl from near his village in Trondheim fell ill the first day at sea.
  • At worst, they can sink or lose their nuclear warheads at sea.
  • Down to the beach to see the oil rigs at sea.
  • His eyes were an astounding blue and his complexion was ruddy from a life spent mostly at sea.
  • Teredo, or shipworm, can have a devastating effect on the hulls of wooden ships at sea.
  • This week, however, when you find yourself all at sea, you may wonder whether you've chosen well.
  • We are glad to be with them again, especially when they are at sea.
► seen one ... seen them all
  • He asked me, in all seriousness, if I would marry him next week.
  • She had heard someone say, in all seriousness, that women would never make good golfers because of the shape of their bodies.
  • Did you feel, in all seriousness, you were dying?
  • Nothing is so funny as something done in all seriousness.
  • The material on which the congressional record is founded is done there every day in all seriousness.
  • We wonder in all seriousness if alcohol had anything to do with it.
  • He ran us all over the shop.
  • In between he was, for much of the time, all over the shop, scrambling pars more than hunting birdies.
  • It was splashed all over the shops!
  • With skating there's no-one saying do this, do that all over the shop.
► be all over bar the shouting
  • Add 6-8 chicken pieces and fry for 5 minutes on all sides.
  • Add the kidneys when the foam subsides and sauté them quickly until browned on all sides, in about 5min. 2.
  • Heat until water simmers, add sausages, and cook until water evaporates, 5 to 7 minutes, on all sides.
  • In and out, on and off, they're coming at us from all sides.
  • Press the rice into the tin, cover it with foil and press down on all sides until it is compressed.
  • Realism was the order of the day on all sides.
  • The great fires lighted on all sides continued to blaze until morning.
  • The tower of flame over Orleans draws in winds from all sides.
► (all) signed and sealed► it takes all sorts (to make a world)
  • At the next they were all square when Lyle missed from three feet.
  • Dennis Conner will start all square with no technological edge.
  • Good play from Wilson at the 15 and a birdie 3 at the 16 brought the match all square once again.
  • In the ultimate, within a reflecting boundary, all squares will be occupied.
  • It seems they're all square in the sexy filming battle.
  • It was a thrilling encounter with Colm going two up quite early in the round and getting pegged back to all square.
  • That's how to keep things all square with the Umpire.
  • At the next they were all square when Lyle missed from three feet.
  • Dennis Conner will start all square with no technological edge.
  • Good play from Wilson at the 15 and a birdie 3 at the 16 brought the match all square once again.
  • In the ultimate, within a reflecting boundary, all squares will be occupied.
  • It seems they're all square in the sexy filming battle.
  • It was a thrilling encounter with Colm going two up quite early in the round and getting pegged back to all square.
  • That's how to keep things all square with the Umpire.
  • Fred's pulling out all the stops for his daughter's wedding.
  • If we pull out all the stops we should still be able to meet our deadline.
  • They gave me a great leaving party - they really pulled out all the stops.
  • CafÄ Pinot is pulling out all the stops with its four-course aphrodisiac menu.
  • Judith Milner, a Healthcare consultant from Leeds pulls out all the stops when it comes to selling the range of services.
  • Lott pulled out all the stops.
  • Miss Pickering's pulled out all the stops this time.
  • Soap bosses pulled out all the stops so football fever could infect Albert Square.
  • There were occasions when Bloomsbury House pulled out all the stops on behalf of children who were clearly gifted - usually in the arts.
  • We pulled out all the stops and gave the company a response in record time.
► of all stripes/of every stripe
  • All of a sudden I realized that the car in front of me wasn't moving.
  • The way he decided to leave all of a sudden didn't make any sense.
  • We waited and waited, then all of a sudden we saw a sail on the horizon.
  • And all of a sudden I got slammed in the face.
  • But as revenues subsided, costs all of a sudden mattered, too.
  • In spring training I started off good with my throwing, and then all of sudden it declined.
  • It got him trying to be too perfect with his pitches all of a sudden.
  • Now, all of a sudden, things are different.
  • The kitchen had gone quiet, all of a sudden, really quiet.
  • Then, all of a sudden, like a spigot turned counterclockwise, B shuts down.
  • You put the chair up, and all of a sudden, he has four points of interest.
  • After the book signing Clancy stood around talking to all and sundry.
  • Her sister told her mother, who then told all and sundry.
  • Also, lifts that are open to all and sundry seem to be readily vandalised or used as public toilets.
  • By removing the mystique immediately, you avoid the excruciatingly embarrassing guesswork by all and sundry.
  • Duggie Brown is excruciatingly convincing as the sleazy, no-talent compere whose best reward is to grope all and sundry.
  • He throws his largesse to all and sundry.
  • He was, of course, revered by all and sundry in the hutted West Camp, Cranwell.
  • Innocent must have been beset with petitions and business from all and sundry.
  • It was not an indiscriminate method of handing out money to all and sundry.
  • Nevertheless, there are always some cowboys who like to argue with all and sundry, including their horse.
  • The negotiations were not all sweetness and light.
  • However, it was now all systems go for the future.
  • Ralph's all talk. I wouldn't take him too seriously if I were you.
  • Britain is all talk and no action.
  • His critics leaped on his decision not to run, saying that Kemp was all talk and no action.
  • Revival is all talk LET'S be honest about it, the great Kendall revival is not going to happen.
  • The right Hon. Gentleman is all talk and no fight.
  • Until yesterday it was all talk.
► it’ll (all) end in tears
  • Craig MacTavish retired last season as the last player to compete without a helmet-17 years all told.
  • He couldn't have bled a great deal, perhaps a cupful all told.
  • He said the doctors all told him the injury was going to happen anyway.
  • It's all told in a bouncy rhyme, with outrageously funny pictures.
  • It will take four to six years, all told.
  • Our 12-day tour, Rome to Sicily, cost us each about $ 1, 500, all told.
  • They take eighteen hours all told, including the overnight soaking.
  • A small part of law work, and that of a very low status, is concerned with the working class.
  • In this way, the student can gain confidence by knowing that he made the decisions and that they were sensible ones.
  • They were the things we always did, and that night we took a darling nap and did them all again.
  • Waugh is indeed aware of it, and that is the piercing tragedy at the heart of Brideshead.
  • We have learned only that he told the news, and that the people cried out in anguish.
  • And not that many women really feel comfortable going for the jugular.
  • He doesn't recognize the name, not that many people seem to know his or that of his publisher.
  • He would do the job himself if he had the time-and had the job not that many years ago.
  • I was told the rules, there were not that many and most were sensible.
  • McPhail, 20, is making a run for the board not that long after having graduated from the system himself.
  • So there is not that long a wait.
  • Thankfully there were not that many in cars.
  • Well, maybe not that many things.
  • I'm hoping these spots will go away by themselves.
  • They are both old enough to go to the pool by themselves.
  • But parents are... waiting for kids to be able to go to the movies and the mall by themselves.
  • But reasons of identification and self-definition can not by themselves establish the legitimacy of an authority.
  • He sounded matter-of-fact, as if nine-year-old kids commonly hung out by themselves in his lobby.
  • If anything is worth while in life at all, some things must be good in and by themselves.
  • It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves.
  • Two pairs of dates by themselves tell the story.
  • Women can be happy by themselves.
  • Women may not be free to walk by themselves along the streets.
  • They had the whole beach to themselves.
  • And they like it to themselves.
  • And they say to themselves, what will last?
  • But they like to keep their political preferences to themselves.
  • I thought the fund was to help Gaels speak to the rest of us and not only to themselves.
  • I wanted to see these amazing sportsmen at home and in their own environment, where they remain true to themselves.
  • Right now, the Howards are just grateful for some time to themselves.
  • Their survival is vital, not only to themselves, but to large companies which depend on their products and services.
  • You know who talks to themselves the most?
  • And of course he was not all there in his head.
  • But this is not all there is to communication.
  • It was as though he was not all there, Jack thought.
  • Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.
  • But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
  • But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
  • It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
  • Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
  • The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
  • Jones left his job and became, of all things, a priest.
  • After all, in the hallucinogenic world of the militias, the government is the enemy of all things good and true.
  • He likens creation to a painter mixing just four pigments to form the likenesses of all things.
  • His journey includes an examination of all things.
  • One of my mess-mates was killed by a beer barrel, of all things.
  • She's the voice of all things that don't get a voice.
  • She heard, of all things, a piano.
  • That of all things he did not wish responsibility for.
  • The meeting promises a veritable smorgasbord of all things otherworldly, this time with a focus on those eerie Phoenix lights.
  • All things considered, it's the wrong time for us to start our own business.
  • It wasn't the best game I've ever seen. But, all things considered, it wasn't too bad either.
  • Andre is a good choice, all things considered.
  • Might be the sensible thing to do, all things considered.
  • Not bad, all things considered.
  • Roots is the title, and not a bad one, all things considered.
  • So, all things considered, I think I have done all right, handled my problem as well as it could have been handled.
  • Went down well, all things considered.
  • I finally realized I could not be all things to all people.
  • Andrea felt tremendous pressure to succeed, to continue to be all things to all people.
  • Anyway, these compendiums try to be all things to all people.
  • For years, the stores had managed to be all things to all people.
  • In this sense many of the international firms will try to be all things to all people.
  • It is all things to all men ... and this is perhaps its number one axiom.
  • No-one is all things to all people, and Anthea is no exception.
  • Politicians have to be all things to all people.
  • The single truck was all things to all men and women.
► what’s (all) this?
  • She was all fingers and thumbs - and worry.
► tick all the right boxes► time is a great healer/heals all wounds
  • But don't fret, you shall have a puppy all in good time.
  • Carry your passport with you at all times.
  • Keep your hotel door locked at all times.
  • Many books recommend carrying your passport with you at all times.
  • He made a point of chatting to her at all times.
  • He measured CO2 at all times of the day and night.
  • Neighbours say the animals bark incessantly at all times of the day and night.
  • Now she had to consider another person's wishes at all times.
  • Rice dresses immaculately and stylishly at all times, on the field and off.
  • To help other people at all times.
  • We can remind ourselves of, and help our children to realise, the need at all times for compassion.
  • And seeing as it was my brainchild, would you not say it was possibly the best commercial of all time?
  • Surely the biggest robbery of all time was the $ 900m that the Dome stole from lottery funds?
  • That's the biggest understatement of all time!
  • You could call that round the biggest fluke of all time...
► in no time (at all)/in next to no time
  • But all the time, Cranston said, the cost of keeping his place in the U. S. Senate grew more expensive.
  • Gives the idea of slogging uphill all the time on skins.
  • I wish I could have represented them all the time.
  • If he likes to paint, he chooses intense colors all the time.
  • Indeed he gave 50-50 decisions to Linfield all the time.
  • They, they keep the word middle in there all the time.
  • We do have a global village, more and more all the time.
  • Without these teeth sticking out all the time, she might even look human.
  • As mentioned earlier, my grandfather kept to himself in his smoke-filled room, rarely venturing out.
  • At first there was silence as they drove along the quiet road, simply enjoying being close to each other.
  • He can't be very bright can he, drawing attention to himself like that?
  • He had done nothing wrong, nothing at all, but there was no way of proving it, even to himself.
  • Today it tends to be a more exclusive activity in which theologians talk straight to each other and down to the faithful.
  • Tutor and pupil may, however, have spoken Latin to each other.
  • Until the beginning of this year, Congress had not applied to itself a single civil-rights or workplace statute passed this century.
  • We continually talk to ourselves about them, losing force all the time, and feel that we are very badly treated.
  • Violent behavior is all too common in our society.
  • And to top it all off, he was gorgeous.
  • And to top it all, it has pledged to maintain high employment and an annual economic growth rate of 1.9 percent.
  • And to top it all, there were tax cuts too.
  • And, to top it all, Holder's doctor informed him he can spend Christmas Day at home with his family.
  • As if to top it all, we had a small fire at the clinic.
  • It was the Stones' daunting task, well after midnight, to top it all with a half-dozen songs.
  • Then to top it all, two of Mary's friends squeezed in with several more parcels.
  • Imagine watching Monday Night Football in a tiki atmosphere, a deluxe lounge with all the trimmings.
  • Now it' a renovated house with all the trimmings.
  • It's a cliche to say people are living in fear, but sadly it's all too true in Larne.
  • Mr. Waldegrave I fear that on health, as on other issues, that is all too true.
  • This may be only too true, but if so, why advertise the fact?
  • Travelers to Prague may find the comparison with Paris starting to ring all too true when it comes to hotel prices.
► be all of a twitter
  • The biography is an in-depth look at Jefferson's life, warts and all.
  • Carolyn's Diary warts and all!
  • Frey brings Toulouse-Lautrec vividly to life, warts and all.
  • Labour retains a fatal mistrust in the only assured source of wealth which, warts and all, is the market economy.
  • People can now see them warts and all.
  • This is warts and all film making which, though done to good effect, is hardly uplifting.
► it will all come out in the wash
  • However, this is water under the bridge.
  • To some extent, that is water under the bridge.
  • A lower court forgave the debt, but the case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
  • But it was touch and go all the way.
  • If you went all the way across the Lake of Dreams you'd end up in the Lake of Death.
  • Imagine going all the way to Inverness for a pint of milk ... Maybe that was for the cat, too.
  • She is very tough mentally and determined and should go all the way to a medal.
  • The chair went all the way back, folded out, so his feet were out.
  • The sun went all the way down and I was standing in the purple darkness.
  • I applaud their efforts, and I'm with them all the way.
  • She loves gardening -- she's out in her garden in all weathers.
  • There are homeless people sleeping on the streets of London in all weathers.
  • He worked all hours, day and night, and in all weathers.
  • I would go out in all weathers, at all times: exercise was an addiction.
  • If you venture out in all weathers, you need a compact camera that can brave the elements, too.
  • Some ideas he rejected, such as the liquid developed at Derby County for making pitches usable in all weathers.
  • They worked round the clock, in all weathers, scooping fish from the Newfoundland seas.
  • We go out in all weathers.
  • What is the best material, that keeps its shape, lasts in all weathers and takes lettering and varnish?
  • Women usually had to call for their work and were often kept waiting in all weathers.
  • All is not well at the office.
► all’s well that ends well► it’s/that’s all very well, but ...
  • If that helps the government keep up with their debt repayments, that's all well and good.
  • I peer into the rain for a glimpse of Storskarfjell, but it is all wet misery to the south.
  • It is all wet and then he had like a side view of it.
  • Yes, the point at which we conclude that your reasoning is all wet.
  • All the while I was in college, Joan was traveling.
  • But all the while he was learning and soon the time had come when he was no longer satisfied to design for others.
  • He talked to her as if they were lovers, all the while keeping a knife pressed against her throat.
  • Phillis without a frown or smile Sat and knotted, and knotted and knotted and knotted all the while.
  • The bugle sounded the charge; the horsemen's pace increased, but remained all the while under control.
  • The weather was perfect all the while we were there, the evenings very lovely, moonlight softened by fog.
  • Yet all the while she spoke with me, she never made a sound nor expressed any sadness or regret.
► you can’t win them all► all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)► for all the world as if/as though/like
  • Mike's so boring, and worst of all he never stops talking.
  • And worst of all, the Hare got rid Of far more than the Tortoise did.
  • And worst of all, their services are no longer in demand.
  • And, worst of all, you don't remember who you are.
  • But worst of all were the comparisons being made between Monty Clift and Jekyll and Hyde.
  • Or, worst of all, exploding at work?
  • Perhaps worst of all, there are those stressful situations where one is accustomed to turn to tobacco for support.
  • The twelfth labor was the worst of all.
  • To abuse hospitality was the most horrid thing; worst of all.
► for all you are/he is etc worth► have something/be written all over your face► have something written all over it► that’s all she wrote
  • Centrally heated and open all year round.
  • Hours 4 1/2 hours a week, 45 hours total. * Intensive courses: Duration 2-4 weeks, all year round.
  • It is warm all year round, with warm summers, mild winters and moderate rainfall.
  • Most importantly, the Conquistadores use the proceeds from the tournament to help fund local youth sports all year round.
  • Seasons: The crag faces west, is sited just above the sea and climbing is generally possible all year round.
  • Soon, the pests were everywhere, all year round.
  • We have witches all year round.
► (all) by yourself
  • Do you feel like you don't have any time to yourself?
1[always + adjective/adverb/preposition] completely:  You shouldn’t be sitting here by yourself, all alone. a strange woman, dressed all in black If people want more freedom of choice, then I’m all for it (=I strongly support it). ‘It was a dreadful experience.’ ‘Never mind, it’s all over (=completely finished) now.’2all over (something) a)everywhere on an object or surface:  There were bits of paper all over the floor. He has cuts all over his legs. She ached all over (=her whole body ached). b)everywhere in a place:  Antique clocks from all over the world are on display. People came from all over the country. They’re putting up new offices all over the place.3all the better/easier/more etc used to emphasize how much better, easier etc something is than it would be in a different situation:  Clayton’s achievement is all the more remarkable when you consider his poor performance last season. The job was made all the easier by having the proper tools.4all but almost completely:  Britain’s coal industry has all but disappeared. His left arm was all but useless.5all too used to mean ‘very’ when talking about a bad situation:  All too often it’s the mother who gets blamed for her children’s behaviour. In these conditions it was all too easy to make mistakes.6all along informal all the time from the beginning while something was happening:  Chapman had known all along that the plan wouldn’t work. We had to admit that Dad had been right all along.7all round British English, all around American English a)used to say that you are describing the general quality or effect of something:  All round it’s not a bad car. It was a nasty business all round. b)from everyone, for everyone, or involving everyone:  There were smiles all round. He paid for drinks all round.8one-all/two-all etc used when giving the score of a game in which both players or teams have scored the same number of points:  The game ended one-all.9all told including everything or everyone:  a project costing £10,000, all told10it’s all up (with somebody) British English informal used to say that someone’s success or happiness has ended:  If someone tells the police, then it’ll be all up with me.11be not all there informal someone who is not all there seems stupid or slightly crazy12be all smiles/innocence/sweetness etc to be showing a lot of a particular quality or type of behaviour:  The mayor and mayoress were all smiles and kisses during the grand ceremony.13be all over somebody informal to be trying to kiss someone and touch them, especially in a sexual way:  Before I could speak, he was all over me.SPOKEN PHRASES14very:  You’re getting me all confused.15that’s somebody all over used to say that a particular way of behaving is typical of someone:  He was late of course, but that’s Tim all over!16be all in British English to be very tired17somebody was all ... American English used to report what someone said or did, when telling a story:  He drove me home, and he was all, ‘I love this car ... it’s like a rocket.’18not all that not very:  It doesn’t sound all that good, does it? I don’t think it matters all that much.19somebody/something is not all that used to say that someone or something is not very attractive or desirable:  I don’t know why you keep chasing her around. She’s not all that.
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