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帰国子女の者です。 まず解答からいくと、このbutはnothing butで一つの熟語と考えた方がいいです。 nothing but Aで、「Aのことしか・・・」、もしくは「A以外は」みたいな意味になります。 つまりこの文章を和訳すると、 「オリバーはMt.Everestの本を読み始めてからというもの、登山のことについてしか話をしない。」 みたいな和訳になります。 ニュアンス的にいくと、"nothing but"を "only"で置き換えた文と同じような感じになります。 ただ、なんかNothing butってしたほうがほんとにそのことしか話さないんだよって感じで強調されるような感じがしないでもないです(笑)

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