Alan Bennett

I always like to break out and address the audience. In 'The History Boys', for instance, without any ado, the boys will suddenly turn and talk to the audience and then go back into the action. I find it more adventurous doing it in prose than on the stage, but I like being able to make the reader suddenly sit up.

English Dramatist

Tim Bray

The community of developers whose work you see on the Web, who probably don't know what ADO or UML or JPA even stand for, deploy better systems at less cost in less time at lower risk than we see in the Enterprise. This is true even when you factor in the greater flexibility and velocity of startups.

Canadian Inventor

Matt Damon

Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing.

American Actor

Karan Johar

In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.

Indian Director

Edward Everett Hale

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

American Clergyman

Nathan Ake

When I was playing with ADO Den Hag in the youth teams at that time I was quite strong because I was used to older people.

Dutch Athlete

Anthony Trollope

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

English Author

Alan Pardew

In the search for a new challenge I'm glad that I came across ADO Den Haag.

English Businessman

Buzz Aldrin

The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.

American Astronaut

Used to proceed with something without delay or to introduce a conclusion or statement.

Common Phrase

Avoid using 'ado' to literally mean trouble when not in a set phrase as it sounds outdated.

Literal Misuse

Recognize literary references like 'Much Ado About Nothing', to understanding the word's use in culture.

Literary Reference

'Ado' as busy activity is old-fashioned; use modern alternatives unless purposefully being literary.

Archaic Usage

In historical dramas or literature, 'ado' reflects the busy hum of past social events.

Cultural Connotation

Used to amplify the sense of busy, bustling activity, often unnecessarily hectic.

Intensity Amplifier

 get lucky but they must have come out just after we've been here because they're on top of all of the vehicle tracks I don't find any bird tracks on top of them which means hopefully they've moved here fairly recently and we'll be able to find them so without further ado let's try and see if we can find these guys it would be so cool if

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 thing to talk about right now and I feel like some you know we'll have some things to share that could really help us all understand a little bit better and feel hopefully a little bit better exactly we can learn from the past so without further ado I'd like to

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 has gone to great lengths to radically transform his body he's the lizard man and outcasts by design without further ado I would like to introduce the little green man the freak of nature the lizard man these days Eric works as a sideshow

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 he had momentarily forgotten that he's married to a neuroscientist with a specialty in food science. Alright? So without further ado, I mean, I just put him to the test. I set up an experiment

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 which gives us the information in comparison to something other that gives us the idea of what the idea that wants to be transmitted wants to be. So please, without further ado. Thank you.

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 Today we have a frabjous treat for you. This poem is full of seemingly nonsensical words that somehow manage to make sense. Ready to see if you can follow along? Without further ado, we

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 And it's very difficult to tune. So without further ado, would you like to hear it? Caroline I didn't hear you. Would you like to hear it? Okay. There I go.

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 without further ado let's press on look for this giraffe and hopefully hopefully hopefully pick back off on something to show us where the Lions are

Ado

Trouble or difficulty that is connected with a particular thing.

Often appears as...

Busy activity.

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