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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
Candace Bushnell

Meaning of "all of a sudden" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALL OF A SUDDEN

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WHAT DOES ALL OF A SUDDEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's fifth album, released in 1982. It was his first of three albums with Geffen Records.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN

all get-out
all hail
All Hallows
all his geese are swans
all in
all in a day´s work
all in all
all in good time
all mockered up
all of
all of a doodah
all one
all out
all over
all over the occy
all over the place
all over the shop
all right
all righty

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN

asudden
bedridden
bidden
cudden
debt-ridden
downtrodden
forbidden
gladden
hidden
ledden
madden
midden
overridden
redden
ridden
sudden
trodden
unbidden
unhidden
well-hidden

Synonyms and antonyms of all of a sudden in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «all of a sudden» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALL OF A SUDDEN

Find out the translation of all of a sudden to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of all of a sudden from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «all of a sudden» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

突然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de repente
570 millions of speakers

English

all of a sudden
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अचानक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فجأة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вдруг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de repente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হঠাৎ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tout à coup
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tiba-tiba
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

plötzlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

突然
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갑자기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabeh dumadakan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tất cả xảy ra thình lình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திடீரென்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकाएकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aniden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tutto ad un tratto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nagle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

раптом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dintr-o dată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξαφνικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

almal van ´n skielike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

helt plötsligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plutselig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of all of a sudden

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALL OF A SUDDEN»

The term «all of a sudden» is very widely used and occupies the 22.578 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALL OF A SUDDEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about all of a sudden

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10 QUOTES WITH «ALL OF A SUDDEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word all of a sudden.
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Katie Aselton
You put three girls in a house, and all of a sudden before you know it, you're talking about boys and drinking whiskey, and things go down and you get deep real quick.
2
Penn Badgley
Money is... I'm very conscious of it because I have it. It's powerful, man. It can change you ever so slightly, ever so slowly, and all of a sudden you're addicted to a million-dollar lifestyle and you've got no choice but to make a bad movie.
3
James Balog
We are now beyond nature's normal variation in terms of how the atmosphere is composed. Nature did something for a million years. It actually goes back a lot further than that, but the ice core records show a million years. So, nature has this normal oscillation within this zone, and all of a sudden, we're forty percent outside that zone.
4
Lester Bangs
I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices.
5
Max Beesley
Certainly 'Survivors,' when we put that series out, the second series dipped below 5 million for one of the episodes - all of a sudden, there's no recommission, and I think that's dreadful.
6
Cilla Black
I remember one day my son, our Robert, was looking at me on the settee and looking at me on the television, and then all of a sudden he said: 'Why don't you bring that pretty mummy home with you?' And I thought: 'Oh dear, I'm going to have to dress up at home now as well!'
7
Drew Bledsoe
When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic goes away, you can't just sit back in a rocking chair and be retired at 35. I'm not a good enough golfer to play golf every day.
8
Jim Bolger
And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction - you are dealing with a more volatile electorate than most people believe they have.
9
Caprice Bourret
You could be going to have supper with someone who happens to be male, and all of a sudden he is your boyfriend of nine months... and I am cheating on my existing boyfriend.
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Candace Bushnell
If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALL OF A SUDDEN»

Discover the use of all of a sudden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to all of a sudden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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All of a Sudden
A smash success upon its hardcover debut two years ago, Jack Pierson's first mainstream format approach to the artist's book set the standard against which the genre of diaristic expressionism -- the hot new brand of conceptualism -- can be ...
‎1999
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All of a Sudden: Diabetes!
Legien Flandergan) Cologne: Anyone who knows he often has problems with his blood sugar fluctuations should read this little book. I'm thrilled. With this book I have a great showcase for people with diabet
Jutta Schütz, 2010
3
The Art of Literary Thieving: The Catcher in the Rye, ...
All of a sudden—for no good reason, really, except that I was sort of in the mood for horsing around—I felt like jumping off the washbowl and getting old Stradlater in a half nelson.” Because Holden generally reacts to things outside of himself ...
William Arnold Glasser, 2009
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All-of-A-Sudden Peggy: A Light Comedy in Three Acts
This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Ernest Denny, 2010
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Garner's Modern American Usage
A guide to proper American English word usage, grammar, pronunciation, and style features examples of good and bad usage from the media.
Bryan Garner, 2009
6
Sudden Fiction: American Short-short Stories
Then, all of a sudden, he'd remember having eaten something like that before: a certain familiar sourness . . . And, just as suddenly, he'd forget. The hero, coming suddenly upon the dragon (he'd been trekking for years through enchanted ...
Robert Shapard, James Thomas, 1986
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Nothing Personal: Seeing Beyond the Illusion of a Separate Self
One of the Mystery's most obvious qualities is that everything appearing in it happens all of a sudden. All of a sudden the phone rings, all of a sudden you feel sad, all of a sudden you wake up in the morning, all of a sudden you have the idea ...
Nirmala, 2010
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Garner's Modern American Usage
See all (b). allocable. So formed—not ✳allocatable. See -able (d) & -atable. allocution. See elocution. all of. See all (a). all of a sudden. This is the phrase, not ✳all of the sudden—e.g.: “I wasn't thinking of anything, but all of the sudden [read all ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Point of View (Routledge Revivals): A Linguistic Analysis of ...
Her father was feeling in his pockets all of a sudden; in another second, he would have found his book. In this passage, all ofa sudden is interpreted as Cam's impression of the way in which her father performs the action of feeling in his ...
Susan L. Ehrlich, 2014
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The Knowledge that can lead Man to an Eternal Life!
If existence is a sudden bangjust as the big bang tries to explain, then there must be a sudden in the motion of time where things existed all of a sudden just as someone waking up and there is a beginning. Therefore, since God owns non ...
Raphael Jones, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALL OF A SUDDEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term all of a sudden is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jacob deGrom and Jeurys Familia have credentials to be picked for …
"Then, all of a sudden he fixed it and fixed it fast. He got on that great run." The Mets' season has been shaped by their collection of elite young ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
2
Erasmus has sown seeds of a truly European identity
Her first memory of the European Union was May 1st, 2004, when Poland joined the union. She remembers how all of a sudden the borders ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Nick Kyrgios threatens to BOYCOTT Davis Cup in support of …
'All of a sudden they are neglecting me for some reason. They are not supporting me, not respecting me,' the 22-year-old said after his ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
B-17 landing serves as a flying reminder of freedom
"She will fight you and then all of a sudden it will move just a little bit and then it's a breeze," said Hoeppner. However 93-year-old World War II ... «WPSD Local 6, Jul 15»
5
Roughriders juggling slew of injuries ahead of game against …
The next guy up is all of a sudden a starter and he's got a job to do." "We have a lot of potential with this group," he added. "But it's a matter of ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
6
Picnic knickers
The kids were running around jumping and climbing on the old ruins as we were chatting and catching up when all of a sudden we clocked a ... «U.TV, Jul 15»
7
Julie mango tree which refuses to be
All of a sudden, no rain for all three months," he disclosed. Despite this setback, the Havendale resident remains committed to planting a wide ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
8
The hypocrisy of outrage over Donald Trump
Now all of a sudden, people and corporate America is shocked and repulsed by what he represents. Really? For "The Apprentice," ... «CNN, Jul 15»
9
Search resumes for boaters who fell into Ohio River; 2 dead
"Then it started flipping and all of a sudden it was all the way flipped over. The people who were on the boat were basically trying to hold on to ... «Evening News and Tribune, Jul 15»
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Remember NASCAR's Denunciation of the Confederate Flag …
Now, all of a sudden, it represents slavery and that's not at all true.” The Civil War-era flag has been under attack since nine black men and ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»

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