above all , above all else / according to

• above all , above all else : 무엇보다도, 특히

 

You must not smoke or drink. Above all, you must exercise.

"Above all, you should obey your parents," said my grandfather.

Above all, a soldier must be brave.

What did you like about this book?

> It was interesting and exciting, but above all, it was funny.

 

• according to : ~에 따르면, ~에 의하면

 

According to scientists, the earth is becoming warmer.

According to this book, elephants are endangered.

According to my mother, television is bad for you.

Where are we?

> According to this map we're somewhere between Johnson Street and Second Avenue.

 

@ be endangered  위험에 빠지다 / 멸종되다  All three species, they claim, now so abundant they cannot be endangered by limited hunting.