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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Oxygen is what it is all about.

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Hi, You could rephrase this by saying: It is all about oxygen. This means that 'oxygen' apparently is of great importance in some kind of process, 'combustion maybe? It really depends on the context.

— Dokterjokkebrok

  • Hi, You could rephrase this by saying: It is all about oxygen.
  • This means that 'oxygen' apparently is of great importance in some kind of process, 'combustion maybe?
  • It really depends on the context.
  • - DJB -
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Hi,

You could rephrase this by saying: It is all about oxygen.

This means that 'oxygen' apparently is of great importance in some kind of process, 'combustion maybe? Or perhaps something else..'scuba diving'?...It really depends on the context.

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Oxygen is what it is all about. Ironically, the stuff that gives us life eventually kills it. The ultimate life force lies in tiny cellular factories of energy, called mitochondria, that burn nearly all the oxygen we breathe in. But breathing has a price. The combustion of oxygen that keeps us alive and active sends out by-products called oxygen free radicals. They have Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ch
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All right, so there you go.

Oxygen is what it is all about = Oxygen is essential to life.

- DJB -
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So, in your opinion,
does it mean "life" in the sentence Oxygen is what it is all about?
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Anonymousdoes it mean "life" in the sentence Oxygen is what it is all about?
The sentence contains an idiom. You cannot translate it word-for-word.
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