bendrai paėmus

Meaning

all in all, by and large

Example

All in all, the project turned out better than we expected.

A way to remember it

bendrai "generally" (bendras "common") + paėmus "having taken": taken as a whole → all in all.

More words at level C1

• bendrinis common, generic; standard (of a language)
• bruožas trait, feature
• būdingas characteristic, typical
• derinti to combine, to coordinate
• esminis essential, fundamental
• esmė essence, gist
• galiausiai in the end, finally
• gaubtas casing, cover, covering

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