EXPRESSIONS WITH AT

EXPRESSION MEANING EXAMPLES

En absoluto, para nada, de He's had no food at all.
ninguna manera o de ningún I haven't been at all well recently.
tipo (para enfatizar el I'm afraid I have nothing at all to say.
significado negativo). I don’t drink at all, so whenever I go out, I
AT ALL
Se usa en frases negativas. drive.
Not at all.
Al principio At first, he started his business as a food
AT FIRST truck and now he has restaurants all over
the country.
De inmediato I knew at once that I would like it here.
Please come here at once. There is an
important issue we need to discuss.
That man fell in the street. Call an
ambulance at once.
AT ONCE
(all) at once With computers these days, you can have
several applications open at once.
A la vez I can’t move all of these packages at once.
I’m going to need to make three trips.
They all started talking at once.
Por fin At last I’ve found a jacket I like.
The package my mother sent me arrived at
AT LAST
last. International shipping sometimes
takes a long time.
Por lo menos We need at least three people to lift this
table.
You should add at least a dash of salt to
give this soup some flavour.
AT LEAST
Al menos It’s snowing very hard, but at least it’s not
windy outside.
The food in that restaurant wasn’t good,
but at least the waiter was nice.
A lo sumo, como mucho. It will take you five minutes at most to walk
to the park.
AT MOST It’s not a big city, so you can see all of the
important sight in three or four days at
most.
AT PRESENT
AT THE SAME TIME Al mismo tiempo
En este momento, ahora I'm sorry, but we're not accepting
AT THE MOMENT applications at the moment. She's busy at
the moment—can she call you back later?
1. Calm and serene. My daughter was miserable all week, but
2. Not at war. she's at peace now that her tests are over.
3. Said of one who has died. It is a great relief to know that those two
AT PEACE
warring factions are at peace.
Aunt Margaret suffered through a long
illness. At least she is at peace now.
AT REST 1. Inactive, either mentally I was worried that my mother was mad at
or physically. Descansar, me until she called and put my mind at
tranquilizar. rest.
2. Said of one who has died. It's finally quiet in here with that machine
at rest.
 I need a few minutes at rest after doing all
that work in the garden.
Aunt Margaret suffered through a long
illness. At least she is at rest now.
Estar en guerra The two countries have been at war for
Estar peleado con alguien nearly 40 years, with many lives lost on
Estar en guerra conmigo both sides.
mismo, con mi conciencia I've been at war with my neighbor over
TO BE AT WAR
where our lawns end since I moved in.
I've been at war with myself over what to
do with money I found. Do I keep it, or do I
turn it in to the police?
AT YOUR LAZIEST
En el peor de los casos At the worst, Doug will be an hour late.
They're selling some nice stuff at the yard
sale, so I think they'll make a few hundred
AT (THE) WORST bucks at worst.
Our house wasn't too badly damaged from
the flood. We'll have to replace the
downstairs carpets at the worst.
En el peor, menos exitoso de I'm at my worst when I'm tired.
AT + PRONOUN + WORST los estados. The team is at their worst when they're not
working together.
AT ITS BEST
Estar en ello (peleas, sexo, I hear fighting coming from my neighbors
drogas, acciones en las que house. It looks like they are at it again.
pones mucho empeño por It seems like Jack is at it again. He came
ejemplo estudiar) home smelling like alcohol.
I can always hear when the neighbors are
TO BE AT IT
at it. It's really embarrassing!
I studied really hard for this test; I was at it
all night.
I wish those dogs would quit barking,
they've been at it since the sun came up!

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