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all Determinative

— All of something is 100% of it, or the entire amount. Well you could stay in bed all day on Friday. And I could take the kids to school. You know, you can't see all of the moon. "There was a problem." "Yes, I know all about it." No! You did it all wrong. Can you tell me all this tomorrow? I think we all know we have to change. The shirt is almost all white. Is that all you can do? — All of some things is 100% of them, or every one. And then you can go and tell all your friends about it. We have over two hundred men, but not all of them had the problem.

all Noun

— If you give your all, you give 100% of your energy, attention, etc.

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lines noun

— (film, theatre) Words spoken by the actors. — (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. — (shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. — (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out. — (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.

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are Verb

— Are is the present tense, second person form of the verb be. Hello John, how are you? We are all happy. Are we there yet? John and Mary are playing. Are you all hungry?

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busy Adjective

— If you are busy, you are doing something and not available to do something else. I'm sorry, I'm busy on Monday. Can we get together on Wednesday? I'm too busy to go to the movies. The doctor's busy with another emergency. We need something to keep the kids busy in the car. — If a place is busy, there are many people or vehicles moving about. The roads are busy this morning, so give yourself extra time. Hartsfield-Jackson International is the world's busiest airport. — If a telephone is busy someone is using it and cannot take a call. I tried to call him, but the line was busy. — If a design is busy there are too many small elements in it. I don't think you should wear that busy dress.

busy Verb

— If you busy yourself, you find things to do to fill your time. He busied himself with fixing his tie as he waited for her to arrive.

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at Preposition

— Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position I am at home. Let's meet at the pub! — The time at which something happened or will happen Breakfast is at 9 o'clock. At 5pm we went home. — Indicating something's state At half price! Water boils at high temperatures.

at Symbol

— The @ symbol, used to replace at support@microsoft.com is an email address. Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.

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the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

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moment Noun

— A moment is a very short time. It is not an exact measurement. Geraldine sat on the bed and thought for a moment. He jumped out of the way at the last moment. Don't worry. I'll be back in a moment. I'm sorry. She's on the phone at the moment. Can I ask who's calling? Just a moment, please, Sam. I'm talking to your sister. — importance It was a lie, but one of no great moment.

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