The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
c.1598–1600 (date written),William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
But as to uſquebagh; ah long life to the liquor—it is an exhilirator of the bovvels, and a ſtomatic to the head; I ſay, Mr. Preſident, it invigorates, it ſtimulates, it—in ſhort it is theonlieſt liquor of life, and no man alive vvill die vvhilſt he drinks it.
1888, United States. Department of State,Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, page316:
The baron had taken a great liking to the Americans and to their ways of doing things, and frequently asserted that America was theonly place to live.
2015, Mike Lupica,The Only Game,→ISBN, pages58–59:
"People say there's other games," Jack had said to Cassie at Small Falls earlier that day. "But baseball's theonly game."
Withoutsibling; without a sibling of the samegender.
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initiallyonly for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
‘No. Ionly opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets isonly a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
The catonly sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it.
If there wereonly one more ticket!
As recently as.
c. 1924-1955, anonymous,The Urantia Book
Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest beganonly in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
He leftonly moments ago.
Emphasizing something that is just or necessary.
It'sonly fair to let him borrow your kite, after you've had his toys all day.
He'd been belittling her for years. It'sonly natural that she left.
(British)Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
The van said ‘BURT’S BURGERS’ on one side and ‘BURT’S PEST CONTROL’ on the other. Zoe stared at the van. The creepy man wasonly using the same vehicle for catching rats that he did for frying burgers!
Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
They rallied from a three-goal deficitonly to lose in the final two minutes of play.
I spent years studying a degreeonly to learn there was no requirement for such a certification.
I helped him outonly for him to betray me.
2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, inBBC Sport[1]:
He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post,only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.
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1995, Don Martin, Maggie Martin, Pat Jeffers,Is Your Family Making You Fat?, page101:
Sometimes, secondborns marryonlys and the conflicts are similar.
2013, Sybil L. Hart, Maria Legerstee,Handbook of Jealousy:
The consistent finding[…] that infants who areonlies do not differ from those who have siblings despite their lesser history of exposure to differential treatment is perplexing.
2022 November 1, Chiara Dello Joio, “Why Are People Weird About Only Children?”, inThe Atlantic[2]:
And in 2016, researchers in China took MRI brain scans and found that, compared with kids with siblings,onlies showed greater flexibility—a measurement of creativity—but lower agreeableness.
“No, you must listen to me,” the other replied. “I amGoh Chok Tong.” “I am the President, even bigger than you.” “Presidentonly! I am president of all the countries of the world!”
