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all things (You can't blame him for everything. • He's obsessed with Britney Spears and collects anything and everything connected with her. • Jane's been unfaithful to Jim three times, but he still loves her in spite of everything. • Money isn't everything (= the most important thing). • His children are everything to him (= the most important part of his life). • Have you been crying? Is everything all right? • The thieves took everything. • We did everything we could to save her but she died. • We shall do everything necessary to bring the murderer to justice. • They're very busy with their new house and everything (= all the things connected with it). • Rescuers are doing everything they possibly can to free the trapped people. • She's new to the job so you can't expect her to know everything yet. • Make sure you keep a receipt for everything you buy. • Are you sure we've got everything we need for the journey? • If I don't wear my glasses, everything is just a blur.  cambridge.org); each thing or all things (Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust. • I decided to tell her everything. • Apart from the bus arriving late, everything else seemed to be going according to plan. ldoceonline.com); all the things in your life, work etc (Everything’s fine at the moment. • I felt that everything was going wrong. ldoceonline.com); all the things under discussion; many or most things; a state of well-being (I checked the list again and everything is done. • Thank you for everything you've done for us. • I did everything today - washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry. • She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine. • Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse. wiktionary.org); all things of importance (I lost everything in the crash. • The victory at Wembley owes everything to the determination and action of the sacked workers. • He described it as a debut, but in truth he owed everything to his decade of experience. • Many people sacrificed everything to secure us the vote, and we owe to them to use it. • First you spend time seeing everything to make up for lost time, then you wind back a bit. • It was the first time I went on stage to do a show by myself, where everything relied upon me. • We are also often told that it is important to reveal everything and always to remember. • Neil says he risked everything to sue because honesty was important to him. • The plot centres around a man who is so lucky everything goes his way - money, girls and a fast car. • Tenderness is everything with chicken and this specimen was right on the money. • If we played well we had the bonus, if we lost we lost everything and we had the same money as other people. • They had nothing to lose by the action, and everything to gain by upping the stakes. • We can go wherever we please and everything depends upon how near you stand to me. • To most New Zealanders, the banking proposal smacks of Australia having everything to gain. lexico.com) |
