only
/ˈəʊnli/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
on - ly -> only
၁။ (တစ်ဦး၊ တစ်ခု) တည်းသော။ …သာ။ …မျှသာ။ She was the only person who could do it. ❍ His only answer was a grunt. ❍ This is the only painting in this style that we have. ❍ She's their only daughter. ❍ We were the only people there.
၂။ သာလျှင်။ ပဲ။ She's the only woman for the job. ❍ It's the only place to eat.
adv
၁။ သာ။ မျှသာ။ သာလျှင်။ I only saw Mary (ie I saw Mary and no one else). ❍ I only saw Mary; I didn't speak to her. ❍ Only members may use the bar. ❍ Only five people were hurt in the accident; the rest escaped uninjured. ❍ He only lives a mile away. ❍ We only waited a few minutes but It seemed like hours. ❍ Children may enter but only if accompanied by an adult (eg on a sign). ❍ If you do that, it will only make matters worse. ❍ We can only guess (ie We cannot be certain about) what happened.
၂။ ပင်။ ပဲ။ I saw him only yesterday.
၃။ မှသာ။ ကျမှ။ They arrive only on Thursday.
conj (infml ) ဒါပေမဲ့။ သို့ပေမဲ့။ I'd love to come, only I have to work. ❍ This book's well written, only it's rather depressing. ❍ He's always making promises, only he never keeps them. ❍ He would probably do well in the examination only he gets very nervous.
❏ not only …but (also) [IDM ] ရုံမက … လည်းပဲ။ သာမက … လည်း/ပါ။ He not only read the book, but (also) remembered what he had read.
❏ only child n (pl children ) တစ်ဦးတည်းသော သား (သို့) သမီး။ My mother was an only child. ❍ Only children are sometimes lonely.
❏ only just [IDM ]
၁။ မကြာသေးမီက။ အခုလေးတင်။ We've only just arrived. ❍ I've only just moved to Boston.
၂။ ရုံမျှသာ။ He only just caught the train. ❍ I've got enough money to buy her a present, but only just.
❏ only to do sth [IDM ] ထိုအခါမှပင်။ အဲဒီတော့မှပဲ။ I arrived at the shop only to find I'd left all my money at home.
❏ only too [IDM ] အလွန်။ သိပ်။ I shall be only too pleased to help if I can. ❍ Children can be difficult, as we know only too well.
❏ you're only young once [IDM ] (saying ) ငယ်တုန်း ရွယ်တုန်းမှာ ပျော်သလိုနေပေါ့။ နောင် ပြန်ငယ်ချင်လို့ရတာ မဟုတ်ဘူး။ Enjoy the disco—you're only young once.
- She wouldn’t say where she was going – she only said she’d be back as soon as she could.
- The flowers grow wild only on the island of Maui.
- Everyone promised they would come, but in the end only Ted and Jack showed up.
- I only design the dresses, I don’t actually make them.
- Only in this house do I feel safe and secure.
- Nowadays she performs only on very special occasions.
- They were being nice to Charlie only because they didn’t want to hurt his feelings.
- [the/someone’s only] : David’s the only one of us who has a computer.
- This is the only letter my father ever wrote to me.
- My only reason for coming here was to see you.
- Johnson was born in Aberdeen in 1942, the only son in a family of six children.
- The only people who understand the problem are the scientists.
- The only thing we can do is wait and see.
- The police station was only 150 metres away.
- The company was established in Lanarkshire only eight months ago.
- She was only 18, but she was as smart as someone twice her age.
- The mobile phone market makes up only a small part of Scottish Telecom’s business.
- The two men spoke with each other only briefly.
- You pay the agent only if you sell the house.
- A further statement will be issued only when the investigation has been concluded.
- Don’t get upset – I was only joking.
- We are only trying to help.
- ‘What was that noise?’ ‘Don’t worry – it’s only the wind.’
- I met him for the first time only last week.
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