Words:

alone
1 alone (WITHOUT PEOPLE) adjective [after verb], adverb
without other people: Compare lonely.
He likes being alone in the house.
She decided to climb the mountain alone.
Do you like living alone?
At last, we're alone together (= there are just the two of us here).
The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the spread of English.
I don't like the man and I'm not alone in that (= other people agree).
• Dorothy lives alone.
• Suddenly they found themselves
We're alone together at last, my darling.
• She lives alone.
We're all alone.
2 alone (ONLY) adjective [after noun]
only or without any others:
She alone must decide what to do (= no one else can do it for her).
These facts alone (= even if nothing else is considered) show that he's not to be trusted.
He won't get the job through charm alone (= he will need something else).
The airfare alone would use up all my money, never mind the hotel bills.
Price alone is not a reliable indicator of quality.
• Kim traveled alone through Europe.
• Josie was all alone in a strange city
3 UNHAPPY feeling very unhappy and lonely:
• He felt terribly alone when June left.
4 EMPHASIZE [only after noun]
a) used to emphasize that one particular thing or person is very important or has an effect on a situation:
• The price alone was enough to make me change my mind.
b) used to say that someone or something is the only thing or person involved:
• It's an expensive place - lunch alone was $20.
• Stevenson alone is to blame.
Last year alone the company made a million dollars.
You alone know how you feel.
I based my decision on her recommendation alone..
be alone in (doing) sth :e the only person to do something:
• You're not alone in wondering what's happening here
leave sth alone :o stop touching something alone to stop touching an object or changing something:
• Leave that alone - you'll break it!
Leave your hair alone!
You shouldn't pick at the scab, just leave it alone.See also: let alone
let alone
used to emphasize that something is more impossible than another thing
You couldn't trust her to look after your dog, let alone your child.
• I wouldn't work with my mom, let alone my whole family.
See also: let the cat out of the bag, let your hair down, get/let sb off the hook, let off steam
leave sb alone to stop talking to someone or annoying them to stop annoying or interrupting someone:
• Go away and leave me alone.
Leave him alone, he's tired.
He won't leave me alone -- he's always calling.
leave/let well enough alone to not change or try to improve something that is not causing any problems .
to allow something to stay as it is because doing more might make things worse:
It's going to get in a muddle if you carry on. I should just leave well alone if I were you.
In cases of back trouble, it's difficult to know whether to operate or leave well alone.
I'm not doing any more on that painting - it's time to let well enough alone.
So long as the machine still does what you want it to, my advice is to leave well alone.
Surgeons are aware that every operation carries some risk, and sometimes decide to leave well enough alone.

stand-alone adjective [before noun]
Something, such as a computer or a business, which is stand-alone can operate on its own without needing help from another similar thing. single, complete by itself if an object or building stands alone, it is not near other buildings or objects:
• The house stood alone at the end of the road.
Stand-alone houses have become too expensive for many people.

Man cannot live by bread alone. SAYING
used to say that people need not just food, but also poetry, art, music, etc. to live happily
something that you say which means people need things such as art, music and poetry as well as food, in order to live a happy life
This phrase comes from the Bible.
Our cultural heritage is important. Man cannot live by bread alone.

go it alone
to do something without other people:
to do something by yourself and without help from other people to start working or living on your own, especially after working or living with other people:
• After years of working for a big company, I decided to go it alone.
Honda has chosen to go it alone rather than set up a joint venture with an American partner.
He's decided to leave the band and go it alone as a singer.
lonely adjective
1 unhappy because you are not with other people:
She gets lonely now that all the kids have left home.
the lonely life of a farmer
• Jay was never lonely with Nurse Dees nearby.
• a lonely journey
She gets lonely now that the kids have all left home.
a lonely child
2 PLACE A lonely place is a long way from where people live.
(of someone) feeling sad because you are alone, or (of something) causing this feeling, A lonely place has no people, buildings, etc
a lonely stretch of Arizona highway
my lonely room
a lonely and deserted road
• She left me at a lonely crossroads.
loneliness noun [U]
the state of being lonely
Some elderly people live in isolation and loneliness.
lonely hearts (ALSO lonely hearts club/column, etc.)
a place or section of a magazine etc. for people who would like to make new friends or meet a sexual partner
lonesome adjective US
1 lonely
US lonely
• Beth is lonesome without the kids around.
• a lonesome song
• a lonesome desert highway
She was feeling lonesome for her family.
the lonesome whistle of a distant train
2 by/on your lonesome alone: INFORMAL alone:
I was just sitting here all by my lonesome
• Are you by your lonesome this weekend? --see also LONELY

on your own terms
If you do something on your own terms, you decide the conditions under which you will do it, because you are in a position of power.
I don't mind going to the movies on my own (= alone).
Bridget learned to tie her shoes on her own (= without help from anyone else).
• Did you build this all on your own?
be yourself
alone or without help from anyone else
The best thing you can do is to go into the interview and just be yourself.
I'm amazed you managed to move those boxes all by yourself.
So you've got the whole house to yourself this weekend?
• You can't go home by yourself in the dark.
• Do you think you can move the couch by yourself?
You're old enough to take the bus by yourself, aren't you, Joyce?
in yourself UK
used when asking someone about their state of mind when they have a physical problem:
I know you must still be uncomfortable, but how are you in yourself?