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[ɔːl]

grammar word summary: All can be: ■ a determiner: All children deserve encouragement. ■ a pronoun: I want to invite all of you. ♦ We can all relax. ■ an adverb: Bernard was all alone in a strange city.

1) the whole of an amount, thing, situation, or period of time

Have you spent all your money?[/ex]

There's no cake left. They've eaten it all.[/ex]

I've been awake all night worrying.[/ex]

You can't blame it all on David.[/ex]

Oh, look, you spilt it all over the carpet.[/ex]

Make sure that all of the equipment has been checked.[/ex]

2) every person or thing

We all enjoyed the party.[/ex]

No one can solve all these problems.[/ex]

All seven astronauts were killed in the explosion.[/ex]

I want all of you to listen carefully.[/ex]

Not all lawyers have large incomes.[/ex]

We play all kinds of music – rock, reggae, jazz, even classical.[/ex]

3) used for emphasizing something

I'm all in favour of giving children more freedom.[/ex]

Now we're going to be late, and it's all because of you.[/ex]

The exam season is so stressful – I'll be glad when it's all over (= completely finished).[/ex]

4) used for saying that there is nothing more than what you are mentioning

Just three pounds – that's all I've got left.[/ex]

All we can do is sit and wait.[/ex]

I wasn't interfering. I was just trying to help, that's all.[/ex]

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all along — during the whole time that something is happening[/ex]

Mary knew all along what I was planning to do.[/ex]

all but — almost[/ex]

The job is all but finished.[/ex]

all in all — used for showing that you are considering every aspect of something[/ex]

All in all, I think it has been a very successful conference.[/ex]

all of a sudden; all at once — very suddenly[/ex]

All of a sudden there was a knock at the door.[/ex]

first/best/most etc of all — before anything else/better than anything else/more than anything else etc[/ex]

First of all, I want to welcome our guest speaker.[/ex]

His music was the thing he loved most of all.[/ex]

for all sth — despite something[/ex]

For all its faults, she loved the city.[/ex]

for all I know/care — spoken used for saying that even if something was true, you would not know/care about it[/ex]

He might be a murderer, for all we know.[/ex]

go all out — to use all your energy, strength, and determination in order to achieve something[/ex]

in all; all told — when the whole of an amount or number is included[/ex]

In all, there are over 120 languages spoken in London's schools.[/ex]

not all that good/bad/big etc — used for saying that something is not very good/bad/big etc[/ex]

I didn't finish the book - it wasn't all that interesting.[/ex]

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