ado
Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotionTrouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.
» Much ado about nothing.
Viel Lärm um nichts.
Mords-Tamtam und nichts dahinter.
Много шума из ничего.
Багато шуму з нічого.
Багато галасу з нічого.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.
Getue
затруднениеzatrudnenije
- a rapid active commotion
Examples
8 sentencesMuch ado about nothing.
Багато шуму з нічого.
ruМного шума из ничего.
deViel Lärm um nichts.
Without further ado, let's get started.
Without further ado, let me introduce tonight's guest.
Without further ado, let's get right to it.
deMachen wir uns ohne weitere Umschweife gleich an Werk!
Without further ado, let's get straight to the story.
Translations
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Origin
From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. InfFrom Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.
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Synonyms
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1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable