Reply Sat 9 May, 2015 07:13 am
How to ues the word group, 'all but'?
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Reply Sat 9 May, 2015 07:24 am
@Wang King,
Wang King wrote:

How to ues the word group, 'all but'?


The phrase is sometimes used pretty much the same as "all except."

All but the strongest will suffer.


Another possibility is "as good as" or "can almost be considered to be."

My team is all but defeated. (The game is almost over and there's very little chance that we'll win.)

The cake is all but done. (The cake is very nearly ready.)

Hope that helps, Wang King. (If that's your real name, you might consider using a nickname when introducing yourself to native English speakers: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wanking ) Wink
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Reply Sat 9 May, 2015 07:50 am
@Wang King,
That phrase is used to describe the celebrity Kim Kardashian, as in, "Kim Kardashian is all butt an actress"
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