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only I. adjectiv

singur, unic;

his only daughter singura/ unica lui fiică;

the only copy extant exemplarul unic;

my one and only hope singura şi unica mea speranţă;

he is the only man who e singur, om care.

only II. adverb

1. numai; doar; nu... decât;

he has only one brother are doar un frate; are un singur frate;

one person only numai o singură persoană;

only seven men remained alive doar şapte oameni au mai rămas în viaţă;

I can only refuse nu pot decât să refuz;

he has only to ask for it n-are decât s-o ceară;

it is only a matter of common sense e doar o chestiune de bun simţ;

I am only too pleased to nu pot decât să fiu bucuros să, îmi face o plăcere deosebită să;

only see ia uită-te numai;

only too true foarte adevărat, cât se poate de adevărat;

not only... but also nu numai... dar/ ci şi;

if only numai dacă;

we must respect him it only for his honesty, trebuie să-l respectăm măcar pentru cinstea sa;

(fam. ironic) it is only me e doar umila mea persoană.

2. abia, de abia, tocmai, chiar;

only just numai ce, tocmai;

I have only just come de abia am venit;

I was only just in time am venit în ultimul moment, am sosit tocmai la timp;

only yesterday abia / tocmai ieri.

only III. conjuncție

dar, însă, ci, numai că;

the novel is interesting only rather too long romanul este interesant, dar / însă cam prea lung;

only that numai că, dacă nu, cu excepţia faptului că, (în) afară de

faptul că.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Only will I tell him what happened to Yamikan.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Oh, yes, sir; I have only just left him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The wind drove them back, and not only over me, but over Henderson and Wolf Larsen.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

It was only a little thing, too.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Only one little gleam of hope did I get—and yet it amounted to nothing.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So far as I can see, my only plan will be to keep my knowledge and my fears to myself, and my eyes open.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I did my very best, and she liked it, though she only said...

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"There's only six now," he said.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

There are plenty of better men, my dear, but only one G. E. C. So make the best of him.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Only this time he was the one who was beaten.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

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