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оставалось только

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all that was left was to Often introduces the only thing someone could do or the only option remaining.
RU: Нам оставалось только ждать.
EN: All we could do was wait.

Оставалось только одно.

There was only one thing left to do.

— Бесконечная история (1984)

Оставалось только выяснить, какие именно.

The only thing left was to find out exactly which ones.

Теперь оставалось только закончить строительство.

All that remained was to finish construction.