Т149
ТОЛЬКО ЧТО HE
collInvarsent
adv 1. very nearly
almost
practicallyall butjust about(in limited contexts) virtually.
2. (used to indicate that the attribute, quality etc following the idiom is the only one in a specified or implied series that a person or thing is missing) (a person or thing has all the qualities etc specified or implied) but not...: except that s.o. is not ( sth. does not etc)...
the only thing lacking (that
s.o. lacks
etc) is...the only thing (problem) is,
s.o. sth. doesn't (can't
etc)...the only thing missing is...the only thing
s.o. sth. doesn't have (can't do
etc) is...
s.o. sth. lacks only... Мальчик он неплохой, только что не умеет вести себя. He's basically a good kid, the only thing is he doesn't know how to behave himself.
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