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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
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"and all" - "leave over"
"There are hardly any exceptions to the rule that a person must pay dearly for the divine gift of the creative fire. It is as though each of us were endowed at birth with a certain capital of energy. The strongest force in our make-up will sieze and all but monopolize this energy, leaving so little over that nothing of value can come of it."
Could you please explain the expression "and all" and rephrase the blue phrase?
Thank you so much.
Cadzao
Could you please explain the expression "and all" and rephrase the blue phrase?
Thank you so much.
Cadzao
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"(and) all but": almost all. " so much energy was used, that there isn't enough left to make anything useful.
- "(and) all but": almost all.
- " so much energy was used, that there isn't enough left to make anything useful.
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"(and) all but": almost all.
"99% is all but 100%"
"leaving so little over that nothing of value can come of it."
so much energy was used, that there isn't enough left to make anything useful.
"99% is all but 100%"
"leaving so little over that nothing of value can come of it."
so much energy was used, that there isn't enough left to make anything useful.
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all but: practically, very nealy, almost
leaving so little energy behind it so that nothing of value could result from this (remaining) energy
leaving so little energy behind it so that nothing of value could result from this (remaining) energy
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