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Default all through/all long

All through the night, though I laid on the bed, I couldn't sleep.
All night long I can't sleep though I laid on the bed.

The both sentences sounds the same meaning.
Could you find any differences? If yes, please share with me.
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Default Re: all through/all long

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All through the night, though I laid on the bed, I couldn't sleep.
All night long I can't sleep though I laid on the bed.

The both sentences sounds the same meaning.
Could you find any differences? If yes, please share with me.
They are relative synonyms. I would rearrange them, though:
Al/though I lay on the/my bed, I couldn`t sleep all through the night / all night/all night long.
The verb "lie" is a confusable word when comparing it with "lay" or even with "lie to smb."

to lie[intransitive verb] -lay- lain = recline
to lay [transitive verb] - laid - laid = put
to lie to smb. -lied -lied [regular verb] = tell a lie; not to tell the truth
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