āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āĻā§āĻŦāϞ
with anyone or anything else excluded
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I play with toys only at home.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She wanted only a simple wedding ceremony.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ
used to indicate that despite previous efforts or events, the final outcome is inevitable or contrary
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She followed the recipe exactly, only for the cake to come out undercooked.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āϰā§āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϰā§āϧāϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
04
āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āĻā§āĻŦāϞ
used to introduce a restriction, exception, or limitation to what has been stated
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The day was perfect, only it rained in the evening.
āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻļā§āϧ⧠āϏāύā§āϧā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āĻā§āĻŦāϞ
used to indicate that something is leading to a negative outcome
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Eating junk food every day will only make you sick.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻĢā§āĻĄ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She moved to the city only last week and is still getting settled.
āϏ⧠āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āĻāϏā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§
without another thing or person existing in the same category
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The only book on the shelf was a worn-out copy of her favorite novel.
āĻļā§āϞā§āĻĢā§ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāύā§āϝāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĒāĻŋāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ
unrivaled and singular in excellence or quality, leaving no room for competition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He insists that his team is the only one and no other will do.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āĻā§āύāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ
referring to one among a very limited number
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He is one of the only doctors in the region specializing in this rare condition.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻā§āĻ āĻ
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