L20b wa/mo/shika -nai
The particle "wa" can mean "A, if not B, of the contextual set {A, B}." The particle "mo" can mean "B, too, of the contextual set {A. B}." The combination "shika -nai" means "nothing but A of the contextual set {A, B}."
If used with numbers, "wa" means "at least," while "mo" adds the sense that the amount is considered very large, in other words, "abundantly." The particle "shika" adds the sense that the amount is smaller than anticipated or expected.
Choose the most appropriate expressions.
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