everything

everything
noun & pronoun
1) alles

everything else — alles andere

everything interesting/valuable — alles Interessante/Wertvolle

there's a [right] time for everything — alles zu seiner Zeit

2) (coll.): (all that matters) alles

looks aren't everything — das Aussehen [allein] ist nicht alles

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pronoun (all things: Have you everything you want?) alles
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every·thing
[ˈevriθɪŋ]
pron indef
1. (all things) alles
\everything must go! (in sale) alles muss raus!
we did \everything we could wir taten alles, was in unserer Macht stand
anything and \everything jede Kleinigkeit
to blame \everything on sb/sth [or sb/sth for \everything] jdm/etw die ganze Schuld geben
\everything else alles andere
\everything from sth to sth alles von etw dat bis etw akk
\everything from caviar to cut glass was on sale alles von Kaviar bis zu geschliffenem Glas stand zum Verkauf
\everything new/possible alles Neue/Mögliche
to reduce \everything to sth:
why do you reduce \everything to sex? warum läuft bei dir alles auf Sex hinaus?
he reduces \everything to a joke er zieht alles ins Komische
2. (most important thing) alles
time is/money isn't \everything Zeit ist/Geld [allein] ist nicht alles
to be \everything [to sb] jdm alles bedeuten
his son is \everything to him sein Sohn ist sein Ein und Alles
getting rich is \everything to her sie will unbedingt reich werden
3. (present)
is \everything all right? ist alles in Ordnung?
how's \everything? wie steht's?
despite [or in spite of] \everything trotz allem
4.
▶ and \everything (fam: the lot) mit allem Drum und Dran fam; (associated) und so weiter, und sonst noch was fam
▶ \everything comes to him who waits (prov) mit Geduld und Spucke [fängt man eine Mucke] BRD, ÖSTERR sl, mit Geduld kommt jeder ans Ziel
▶ to have \everything (fam) reich gesegnet sein
sb who has \everything jd, der schon alles hat
▶ to have nothing to do with sth and \everything to do with sth:
the charity had nothing to do with helping the needy and \everything to do with making its administrators rich der Wohltätigkeitsverein wollte nicht den Bedürftigen helfen, sondern nur ihre Angestellten reich machen
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['evrIɵɪŋ]
n
alles

everything possible/old — alles Mögliche/Alte

everything you have — alles, was du hast

is everything all right? — ist alles in Ordnung?

time is everything — Zeit ist kostbar

money isn't everything — Geld ist nicht alles

money is everything to him — Geld bedeutet ihm alles

See:
→ academic.ru/45794/mean">mean
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everything pron
1. alles (that was):
everything good alles Gute
2. umg alles, das Allerwichtigste, die Hauptsache:
speed is everything to them Geschwindigkeit bedeutet für sie alles
3. umg sehr viel, alles:
she was everything to him sie bedeutete ihm alles;
think everything of sb sehr viel von jemandem halten;
art is his everything Kunst ist sein ein und alles
4. and everything umg und so
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noun & pronoun
1) alles

everything else — alles andere

everything interesting/valuable — alles Interessante/Wertvolle

there's a [right] time for everything — alles zu seiner Zeit

2) (coll.): (all that matters) alles

looks aren't everything — das Aussehen [allein] ist nicht alles

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pron.
alles pron.

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