Me olemme täällä kaikki lukuun ottamatta häntä.

English Translation

We’re all here except for him.

How is ‘kaikki lukuun’ supposed to be interpreted? ‘All numbers’ meaning ‘everybody’?

lukuun ottamatta is a set expression which means except.

(lukuun ottamatta - Wiktionary, the free dictionary)

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Damn. I searched for that expression, and still managed to miss it!

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