after all / again and again

• after all  결국에, 어쨌든

 

The tortoise won the race after all.

He went with them after all.

The small country won the battle after all.

Who were you just talking to?

> I thought it was someone I know from college but it wasn't her after all.

 

• again and again 몇 번이고, 되풀이해서

 

I told you again and again not to touch the electric fence!

While babies learn to walk, they fall again and again.

The child wanted to hear the same story again and again.

This computer game is really fun!

> I think so, too. I want to play it again and again.

 

@ tortoise  ˈtɔːrtəs  거북 (→terrapin, turtle)  The tortoise is too slow.   Look at the tortoise in the picture.