Locution anglaise du jour

Définitions

anglais > français
most of all
1. v. Par-dessus tout.
anglais > anglais
most of all
1. adv. to a greater extent than anything else
Analyse
most
1. adj. (Devant un nom dénombrable) Superlatif de many. Le plus.
Who has the most marbles?
Qui a le plus de billes ?
2. adj. La plupart de. (note) Utilisé devant un nom. Voir aussi le pronom.
Most birds can fly.
of
1. prep. De. Indique une origine, une substance, une possession, etc.
The university of Ottawa.
L'université d'Ottawa.
The king of beasts.
Le roi des animaux.
all
1. adj. Tout, tous, toute, toutes.
Socrates is a man. All men are mortal. So Socrates is mortal.
2. n. Tout le monde.
All are welcome here in time of need.
3. n. Tout, tous.

Exemples de phrases

Most of all it never allows the audience to forget that this is theatre, a wonderful make-believe.  Heavy drinking and, most of all, cigarettes are the immediate cause of many tumours.  You have sustenance from your apples and pears and most of all your cigarettes, which you breathe as though they offered you life itself.

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