after all
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tər
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all
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awl
/ˈaftəɹ ˈɔːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "after all"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϏāĻŦ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇, āϝāĻžāχ āĻšā§‹āĻ•

used to introduce a statement that provides a reason or justification
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were considering canceling the trip, but after all, they had already booked the flights.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϝāĻžāχ āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻŦ⧁āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āϏāĻŦ āĻĒāϰ⧇

used to indicate something unexpected or contrary to what was anticipated
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The weather forecast predicted rain, but after all, it turned out to be a sunny day.
āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧌āĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ