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  • 51Nothing Could Come Between Us — Single by Theory of a Deadman from the album Theory of a Deadman Released June 11, 2002 …

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  • 52all for naught — (all) for naught without achievement or result. Marge s time in jail wasn t all for naught – she earned a college degree while she was there. Usage notes: sometimes, in less formal use, nothing is substituted for naught: I would hate to think… …

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  • 53nothing — ► PRONOUN 1) not anything. 2) something of no importance or concern. 3) nought. ► ADVERB ▪ not at all. ● for nothing Cf. ↑for nothing ● …

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  • 54all-or-none — all′ or none′ adj. 1) of or pertaining to a process by which a muscle or nerve fiber either responds to a stimulus completely or not at all 2) all or nothing • Etymology: 1900–1905 …

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  • 55all-or-noth|ing — «L r NUHTH ihng», adjective. either completely effective or ineffective; admitting no fine distinctions: »G 6 PD is an all or nothing substance: the enzyme is either produced in the normal amount, or is not produced at all (Time) …

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  • 56nothing — [[t]nʌ̱θɪŋ[/t]] ♦ nothings 1) PRON INDEF NEG Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something. I ve done nothing much since coffee time... Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife s daytime habits... He was dressed in jeans… …

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  • 57nothing — 1 / nVTIN/ pronoun 1 not anything; no thing: Nothing ever happens in this town. | There s nothing in this box. Throw it away. | He said nothing about it to me. | nothing new/bad etc: Why are you still in bed when there s nothing wrong with you? | …

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  • 58all — all1 W1S1 [o:l US o:l] determiner, predeterminer, pron 1.) the whole of an amount, thing, or type of thing ▪ Have you done all your homework? all your life/all day/all year etc (=during the whole of your life, a day, a year etc) ▪ He had worked… …

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  • 59all — all1 W1S1 [o:l US o:l] determiner, predeterminer, pron 1.) the whole of an amount, thing, or type of thing ▪ Have you done all your homework? all your life/all day/all year etc (=during the whole of your life, a day, a year etc) ▪ He had worked… …

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  • 60all-or-none — adjective occurring completely or not occurring at all • Syn: ↑all or nothing • Similar to: ↑complete * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : occurring either completely or not at all : marked either by entire, complete, inclusive, or unqualified… …

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