alone

alone
1. predicative adjective
allein; alleine (ugs.)

he was not alone in the belief that ... — er stand nicht allein mit der Überzeugung, dass ...

2. adverb
allein

this fact alone — schon allein dies

go it alone — es im Alleingang tun

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[ə'ləun]
adverb
1) (with no-one else; by oneself: He lived alone; She is alone in believing that he is innocent.) allein
2) (only: He alone can remember.) nur
- academic.ru/115032/all_alone">all alone
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alone
[əˈləʊn, AM -ˈloʊn]
I. adj
1. pred, inv (without others) allein
\alone among his colleagues, he ... er war der Einzige in seinem Kollegenkreis, der ...
am I \alone in thinking that he's guilty? bin ich als Einzige der Meinung, dass er schuldig ist?
they were never left \alone together man ließ sie nie miteinander allein
to feel \alone sich akk einsam fühlen
to leave sb \alone jdn in Ruhe lassen
he needs to be left \alone er braucht seine Ruhe
2. after n, inv (only) allein
it's Jane and Jane \alone I would like to talk to ich möchte nur mit Jane reden!
let \alone ganz zu schweigen von, geschweige denn
II. adv allein
to live \alone für sich [o allein] leben
to go it \alone (fam: become self-employed) sich akk selbstständig machen; (act independently) etw im Alleingang machen
laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry \alone (prov) lache, und die Welt lacht mit dir, weine, und du weinst allein prov
to leave well enough \alone die Dinge lassen, wie sie sind, an etw akk nicht rühren
time \alone will tell (prov) die Zukunft wird es zeigen
time \alone will tell whether the operation was a success jetzt muss man einfach abwarten, ob die Operation ein Erfolg war
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[ə'ləʊn]
1. adj pred
allein(e)

we're not alone in thinking that —

there is one man who, alone in the world, knows ... — es gibt einen, der als Einziger auf der Welt weiß ...

See:
→ leave, let
2. adv
allein(e)

to live on bread alone — von Brot allein leben

it's mine alone —

that charm which is hers alone — der ihr ganz eigene Charme

the hotel alone cost £95 — das Hotel allein kostete (schon) £ 95, (allein) schon das Hotel kostete £ 95

Simon alone knew the truth — nur Simon kannte die Wahrheit

to stand alone (fig) — einzig dastehen

I wanted to go it alone (inf) — ich wollte es selbst und ohne fremde Hilfe machen

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alone [əˈləʊn]
A adj
1. allein:
I’m not alone in thinking that … ich bin nicht der Einzige, der glaubt, dass …;
feel alone sich einsam fühlen; go1 D 5, leave1 A 2, let1 B 1, stand B 1
2. einzig(artig), ohnegleichen
B adv allein, bloß, nur:
this year alone allein in diesem Jahr
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1. predicative adjective
allein; alleine (ugs.)

he was not alone in the belief that ... — er stand nicht allein mit der Überzeugung, dass ...

2. adverb
allein

this fact alone — schon allein dies

go it alone — es im Alleingang tun

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adj.
allein adj.
einsam adj.
ohne Begleitung ausdr.

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