by 1939, the line was almost breaking even, despite increased competition from road transport. here the phrase "almost all" means "all but a set of measure zero". the staff also gave the album four stars out of five. it is also used informally to mean a large amount of something, material or not. he was told fox had no projects for him, so got out of his contract with them to do a play that closed out of town. today the opera house hosts a variety of events. they also ran low on hay. 