Читать «Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц» онлайн - страница 15

[all over someone] See: FALL ALL OVER SOMEONE.

[allowance] See: MAKE ALLOWANCE.

[allow for]{v.} To provide for; leave room for; give a chance to; permit. •/She cut the skirt four inches longer to allow for a wide hem./ •/Democracy allows for many differences of opinion./

[all right(1)]{adv. phr.} 1. Well enough. •/The new machine is running all right./ 2. {informal} I am willing; yes. •/"Shall we watch television?" "All right."/ Compare: VERY WELL. 3. {informal} Beyond question, certainly. — Used for emphasis and placed after the word it modifies. •/It’s time to leave, all right, but the bus hasn’t come./

[all right(2)]{adj. phr.} 1. Good enough; correct; suitable. •/His work is always all right./ 2. In good health or spirits; well. •/"How are you?" "I’m all right."/ 3. {slang} Good. •/He’s an all right guy./

[all right for you]{interj.} I’m finished with you! That ends it between you and me! — Used by children. •/All right for you! I’m not playing with you any more!/

[all roads lead to Rome]{literary} The same end or goal may be reached by many different ways. — A proverb. •/"I don’t care how you get the answer," said the teacher, "All roads lead to Rome."/

[all set]{adj. phr.} Ready to start. •/"Is the plane ready for take-off?" the bank president asked. "Yes, Sir," the pilot answered. "We’re all set."/

[all shook up] also [shook up] {adj.}, {slang} In a state of great emotional upheaval; disturbed; agitated. •/What are you so shook up about?/

[all systems go]{Originally from space English, now general colloquial usage.} Everything is complete and ready for action; it is now all right to proceed. •/After they wrote out the invitations, it was all systems go for the wedding./

[all the(1)]{adj. phr.}, {dialect} The only. •/A hut was all the home he ever had./

[all the(2)]{adv. phr.} Than otherwise; even. — Used to emphasize comparative adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. •/Opening the windows made it all the hotter./ •/Take a bus instead of walking and get home all the sooner./ •/If you don’t eat your dessert, all the more for us./

[all the better] See: ALL THE(2).

[all the ---er]{substandard} The ---est; as … as. — Used with a comparative adjective or adverb and subordinate clause in place of a superlative adjective or adverb. •/That was all the bigger he grew./ •/Is that all the faster you can go?/

[all there] or [all here] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Understanding well; thinking clearly; not crazy. — Usually used in negative sentences, •/Joe acted queerly and talked wildly, so we thought he was not all there./

[all the same(1)] or [all one] {n. phr.} Something that makes no difference; a choice that you don’t care about. •/If it’s all the same to you, I would like to be waited on first./ •/You can get there by car or by bus — it’s all one./

[all the same(2)] or [just the same] {adv. phr.}, {informal} As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still. •/Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same./ •/Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same./ Compare: AT THAT 3, IN SPITE OF.