НЕ БОЛЬШЕ ТОГО

• НЕ БОЛЕЕ <НЕ БОЛЬШЕ> (ТОГО)

[these forms only; usu. sent adv (parenth); fixed WO]

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⇒ just what was stated, named, and not sth. more significant:

- (and) nothing more;

- (and) that's all;

- [in limited contexts](and) that's the extent of it.

     ♦ "А смерть... вы ее, вероятно, видали близко в своей жизни... ведь она только смерть, не более" (Богданов 1). "As for death... I am sure you have seen it close up sometime in your life. Death, after all, is only that and nothing more" (1a).

     ♦ [Зилов:] Я женат... но мы с ней давно уже чужие люди, добрые друзья. Не больше (Вампилов 5). [Z ] I'm married, .but my wife and I have been strangers to each other for a long time. We're friends, good friends That's all (5a).