nhưng 
but 
He had no money, only debts. 
Anh ấy đã không có tiền, mà lại còn nợ. * 083 He had no luck, only bad luck. Anh ấy đã không có may mắn, mà lại gặp hạn. * 083 He had no success, only failure. Anh ấy đã không có thành công, mà lại thất bại. * 083 He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. Anh ấy đã không bằng lòng, mà lại bất mãn. * 083 He was not happy, but sad. Anh ấy đã không hạnh phúc, mà lại bất hạnh. * 083 He was not friendly, but unfriendly. Anh ấy không dễ mến, mà lại mất cảm tình. * 083 He is not only stupid, but also lazy. Anh ấy không chỉ dốt, mà còn lười biếng nữa. * 100 She is not only pretty, but also intelligent. Chị ấy không chỉ xinh đẹp, mà còn thông minh nữa. * 100 She speaks not only German, but also French. Chị ấy không chỉ nói tiếng Đức, mà cả tiếng Pháp nữa. * 100 like: sondern → →
sondern ☊ mà ☊ 
☊ sondern ☊ 而是 ☊ ér shì She was not only intelligent but also very musical. ☊ also ☊
be mine, yours, etc.: The money's not yours, it's John's. ☊ be ☊
I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one. ☊ but ☊
the supporting cast (= not the main actors, but the others) ☊ cast ☊
It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel. ☊ conventional ☊
You don't have to knock—just walk in. ☊ have to ☊
Increasingly, training is taking place in the office rather than outside it. ☊ increasingly ☊
This is not just another disaster movie—it's a masterpiece. ☊ just ☊
It is not merely a job, but a way of life. ☊ merely ☊
The school is 95 per cent minority (= 95 per cent of children are not white Americans but from different groups). ☊ minority ☊
to die of natural causes (= not by violence, but normally, of old age) ☊ natural ☊
She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustrations. ☊ not only... (but) also... ☊
He not only read the book, but also remembered what he had read. ☊ not only... but (also)... ☊
Get it right, even if it takes time; it's quality not quantity that matters. ☊ quality ☊
The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey. ☊ rather ☊
She made no reference to her illness but only to her future plans. ☊ reference ☊
be seen to do sth: The government not only has to do something, it must be seen to be doing something (= people must be aware that it is doing sth). ☊ see ☊
Babies do not grow at a steady rate but in stops and starts. ☊ stop ☊
a team event (= one played by groups of people rather than individual players) ☊ team ☊
Don't just sit watching television—make yourself useful! ☊ useful ☊