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query
You use a__ at the beginning of a clause when you are emphasizing that something is the only thing that is important .You use all at the beginning of a clause when you are emphasizing that something is the only thing that is important .
He said all that remained was to agree to a time and venue.
All you ever want to do is go shopping!
All I could say was, 'I'm sorry'.
word all
full-definition
predeterminer
You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind .
...the restaurant that Hugh and all his friends go to.
He lost all his money at a blackjack table in Las Vegas.
There is built-in storage space in all bedrooms.
85 percent of all American households owe money on mortgages.
Germany, like all great nations, will not change its personality.
He was passionate about all literature.
He was told to pack up all of his letters and personal belongings.
He was talking to all of us.
We produce our own hair-care products, all based on herbal recipes.
I'd spent all I had, every last penny.
Milk, oily fish and egg all contain vitamin D.
We all admire professionalism and dedication.
determiner
You use all to refer to the whole of a particular period of time.
George had to cut grass all afternoon.
She's been feeling bad all week.
She's worked all her life.
He was looking at me all the time.
He spent all of that afternoon polishing the silver.
Two-thirds of the women interviewed think about food a lot or all of the time.
You use all in expressions such as in all sincerity and in all probability to emphasize that you are being sincere or that something is very likely .
In all fairness he had to admit that she was neither dishonest nor lazy.
If the pool was open, we'd in all probability still be swimming in it.
In all seriousness, there is nothing else I can do.
pronoun
You use all to refer to a situation or to life in general.
All is silent on the island now.
As you'll have read in our news pages, all has not been well of late.
You use all at the beginning of a clause when you are emphasizing that something is the only thing that is important .
He said all that remained was to agree to a time and venue.
All you ever want to do is go shopping!
All I could say was, 'I'm sorry'.
You use all in expressions such as seen it all and done it all to emphasize that someone has had a lot of experience of something.
You can't have it all - life is about choice, time is limited.
Here's a man who has seen it all, tasted and heard it all.
adverb
You use all to emphasize that something is completely true, or happens everywhere or always, or on every occasion .
He loves animals and he knows all about them.
Parts for the aircraft will be made all round the world.
I got scared and I ran and left her all alone.
He was doing it all by himself.
All around he could hear people calling out his name.
You can use all in front of an adjective when you want to emphasize a quality that affects someone or something temporarily.
You've gone all chatty.
He came over all dizzy when he stood up.
You use all when you are talking about an equal score in a game. For example, if the score is three all, both players or teams have three points.
cefr-level A1

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