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by oneself

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by oneself 
1. with no one else present; alone (of two or more people). Must one sit by oneself or may one join another group? One just hates eating by oneself, doesn't one?
2. with the help of no one else. One is expected to do it by oneself. Can one do this by oneself?
See also: oneself


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Nothing tastes better,' said she, 'than what one eats by oneself,' and she was very much pleased with her day's work.
And one knows it sometimes when one stands by oneself in a wood at sunset and the mysterious deep gold stillness slanting through and under the branches seems to be saying slowly again and again something one cannot quite hear, however much one tries.
One can put up with the annoyance so long as one is by oneself.
 
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