all along

English

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Adverb

(duration, idiomatic) For the entire time; always.
He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along.

Translations

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 始終 (zh), 始终 (zh) (shǐzhōng), 一直 (zh) (yīzhí)
Dutch: allang (nl)
Finnish: koko ajan (fi), kaiken aikaa
French: dès le départ, depuis le début
Georgian: თავიდანვე (tavidanve)
German: die ganze Zeit, schon immer
Greek: ανέκαθεν (el) (anékathen), εξ αρχής (ex archís), πάντα (el) (pánta)
Indonesian: selama ini

Italian: fin dall'inizio, da sempre
Japanese: ずっと (ja) (zutto)
Polish: od samego początku, przez cały czas
Portuguese: desde o começo, o tempo todo
Russian: всё вре́мя (ru) (vsjó vrémja), с са́мого нача́ла (s sámovo načála)
Spanish: todo el tiempo, desde el inicio
Swedish: hela tiden (sv)
Ukrainian: увесь цей час (uvesʹ cej čas), весь час (vesʹ čas)

Preposition

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see all,‎ along.
All along the beach, people were lounging on orange chairs. Why orange?

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