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1. sole sole


That's my sole concern.
Serving people is his sole purpose in life.
Being an only child, he was the sole heir.
sole reason
They cost so much that I thought the sole wouldn't come off after just a week!
Beside Thrawn, Jakeeb stepped forward, grabbed the top bars of the cage, and slammed the soles of both feet against the door.
Raport is intended solely for the use of Panattoni
My sole idea was to get there as fast as possible.
Messrs. Hayashi & Co. is our sole agent in Japan.
For too long society has placed sole emphasis on children's test results, to the detriment of social discipline.
For him, divorce is a good invention, with one sole disadvantage: you have to get married first.
We need to employ someone to glue and to screw the sole of the feet.
the sole living relative
Many people have wanted to invest in Harry's publishing business, but he remains the sole owner
We can issue the policy in sole or joint names.

English word "only"(sole) occurs in sets:

new opportunities - intermediate

2. merely


Are you certain that you lost your book, or did you merely misplace it?
merely existing
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
Just as it is better to illuminate than merely to shine, so to pass on what one has contemplated is better than merely to contemplate.
Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
When he claims to desire eternal life, in reality man merely wishes to avoid a premature, violent or gruesome death.
Superstitions derive from the inability of men to acknowledge that coincidences are merely coincidences.
There is also one type of idealism that says even without strength or intelligence you can do anything if you can merely persist.
As soon as we are born, the world gets to work on us and transforms us from merely biological into social units.
Truth burns and destroys all elements, showing that they are merely its shadow.
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.
Japanese students seem not merely to be extremely reserved, but to have at times almost a complete reluctance to speak.
We need to separate the brilliant candidates from the merely very good.
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

English word "only"(merely) occurs in sets:

Sprawdzian 1A

3. to


Go to sleep.
I hope to one day speak German as well as you speak English.
Why aren't you going? "Because I don't want to."
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.
Look at me when I talk to you!
Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.
Nobody ever comes to see us in this out-of-the-way village.
If I can get into university, I am hoping to learn to speak two foreign languages.
Fewer workers meant fewer people with money to buy goods.
Franklin Roosevelt was born to a rich and important New York family.
Two roundtrip tickets to Osaka, please.
The president was quoted as saying he would like to visit Japan soon.
You are welcome to the use of our house while we are away on vacation.
It began to rain heavily just as we got to the gate.
According to the weather forecast, the rainy season will set in next week.

4. solely


It's solely for your use.
"That knowledge lies solely with you?"
The enemy behind us presently exists solely to cut off our retreat.
I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; for, certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction.
From the standpoint of ecology, Antarctica should be reserved solely for research, not for tourism or for commercial exploration.
This site contains sexually explicit material and is intended solely for adults only!
Are you from a planet solely populated by women?
Policy search and retrieve services will be created solely for the operational use of Gudiewire ClaimCenter
solely responsible
I can sell this car to whom I want, because it is solely mine.
However, it cannot be solely highly qualified workers who enter through this door.
We cooperate solely with affluent clients.
It instead focuses solely on the state and national boundaries of a place
Victory and defeat aren't solely decided by the size of your army.

English word "only"(solely) occurs in sets:

K 2.1 Public international law
taste sensation