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Single-handedly
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Single-handedly
means doing something alone, without help from others. It emphasizes responsibility and effort — sometimes admiration, and sometimes pressure.
Examples:
1- At work, he didn’t receive much support. He managed the project single-handedly, even when things got overwhelming.
2- The small business survived a difficult year because she ran it single-handedly, handling customers, finances, and decisions on her own.
Hi everyone, and welcome to Daily English. Today’s expression is strong, very common, and often misunderstood. It’s “single-handedly.”One more time: “single-handedly.”
Listen to this: She stayed late, fixed the problem, answered the emails, and met the deadline.
People later said she had handled the situation single-handedly.
So what does “single-handedly” mean? “Single-handedly” means doing something alone, without help from others.
It emphasizes responsibility and effort — sometimes admiration,
and sometimes pressure.
Let’s listen to some examples: At work, he didn’t receive much support.
He managed the project single-handedly, even when things got overwhelming.
She moved to a new city and had to rebuild her routine single-handedly,
figuring things out one step at a time.
The small business survived a difficult year because she ran it single-handedly,
handling customers, finances, and decisions on her own.
Sometimes we praise people for doing things single-handedly, but it can also quietly mean carrying too much alone.
Doing something single-handedly doesn’t always mean strength — sometimes it simply means there was no other choice. We usually use single-handedly to describe achievements, responsibilities, or situations — not small daily actions.”
Now it’s your turn: Have you ever had to handle something single-handedly, even though you wished you had support?
And remember — creating your own example sentences helps new vocabulary become part of your natural English.
Thanks for listening to Daily English. Have a lovely day — a great one. See you tomorrow.
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