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All’s well that ends well.

ity of something. Allow for a fłw rainy successful.Ł Most parents hope that their
dØys on your vacØtion. Be sure to allow children will amount to somłthing. I put
for future growth when you plant the $200 in the bank, and I hope it will
rosebushes. amount to somłthing in twłnty years.
All’s wellŁthatŁends well. An event that amount to the same thing and cłme to
hasŁaŁgàodŁendingŁisŁconsideredŁgàod, the same thØng to be the same asŁsàme-
evenŁif sàme thingsŁwent wrongŁalongŁthe thing;Łto have the same effect asŁsàme-
way. (Proverb.ŁThisŁisŁthe name of aŁplay thing.Ł Borrowing can be the same as
byŁShakespeare.) I’m glad you finally stealng. If the owner does not know what
got here, evłn though your car had a flØt you have borrowed, it amounts to the samł
tire on the wØy. Oh, well. All’s well that thing. Beer, wine. They come to the
ends włll. The groom was lØte for the same thing if you drink and drive.
weddng, but everything worked out all
right. All’s well that ends well. [an] <EntriesŁbeginningŁwith a, an,or the
are alphabetizedŁunderŁthe second word
the almightyŁdłllar the U.S.Łdàllar, wor- inŁthe entry.ŁThat meansŁthat a bedŁof
shipedŁasŁaŁgod;Łmoney, viewedŁasŁmore roseð willŁappearŁinŁthe Bs.>
impàrtant andŁpowerfulŁthanŁanything
else.Ł Bill was a slØve to the almighty dol- andŁchynge [sàme numberŁof dollars]bplus
lar. It’s the almighty dollar that drives betweenŁ1 andŁ99 centsŁmore.Ł The book
the whole country. cost $12.49. That’s twelve dollars and
change. SubwØy fare is now one dollar
alostŁlostŁit havingŁbeenŁso angryŁorŁdis- and change.
traught asŁto nearlyŁlose one’sŁtemper,
composure, orŁcontràl.Ł(Also literal.ŁIn- andŁ so fłrth càntinuing talking in the
formal.) I was so mad, I almost lost it. same way; and so on. She told mł
When he saw the dłnt in his fłnder, he everything about her kids and so on and so
almost lost it. forth. I heard about problłms at work
and so forth.
alongŁin yeyrs Go to up in years.
andŁ something tł spare and wØth something
alongŁwithŁ someone ortsomething inŁaddition
to someone orŁsomething;ŁtogetherŁwith to spyre with extra left over; with more
someone orŁsomething.Ł Jane włnt to thanŁisŁneeded.Ł(With somłthing, time,
the mall along with David. I ate somł room, money, plłnty, etc. ) I had as
chocolØtes along with some fruit. much flour as I needed with somłthing to
spare. Fred said he should have enough
alongside (of)Ł someone or something as com- cash to last the włek—with money to
pared to a person or a thing. (Also literal. spare.
Infàrmal.Ł The thingsŁ beingŁ compared
need not be beside one another.) Our andŁso on continuingŁonŁinŁthe same way
car looks quite small alongside of theirs. [without saying all the details]; continu-
My power of concłntration is quite limted ingŁto talk,ŁsayingŁmore andŁmore.Ł He
alongside of yours. told me about all his health problłms, in-
cludng his arthritis and so on. I need
alpha andŁomegy bàth the beginningŁand some help getting ready for dnner, setting
the end;Łthe essentials,ŁfromŁthe begin- the table, and so on.
ningŁto the end;Łeverything, fromŁthe be-
ginningŁto the end.Ł(RefersŁto the firsð andŁtheŁlike andŁsimilarŁthingsŁorŁpeople.
andŁlast lettersŁof the Greek alphabet.) I eat hamburgers, hot dogs, and the like.
He was forced to learn the alpha and I bought shirts, pants, socks, and the
omega of corporØte law in order to even like.
talk to the lØwyers. He loved her dłeply; andŁthen some andŁevenŁmore; more than
she was his alpha and omega.
hasŁbeenŁmentioned.Ł(Folksy.) John is
amountŁto something [forŁsomeone orŁsome- going to have to run like a dłer and then
thing]b to be orŁ to become valuable or some to win this race. The cook put the

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