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16 Feb 2014
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Hello everybody, I want to know better the usage of expression "be all about" in contexts. I haven't understood very well yet how to identfy accurately the meaning. Thanks in advance for the comments!
Hello everybody, I want to know better the usage of expression "be all about" in contexts. I haven't understood very well yet how to identfy accurately the meaning. Thanks in advance for the comments!
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E.g susie is all about sports. = susie loves sports and spends all her time doing it.
I'm all about cooking cakes = I am really interested in cooking cakes
Its a slang term so it will be used in different ways as well, be all about could also mean go and do that thing now/quickly.
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