Apart from, except (for), excluding. / (obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.

(archaic) Use the word "but".

An instance or example of using the word "but". / (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage. / A limit; a boundary.

(chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than / (Australia, Tyneside, conjunctive) Though, however.

However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).

Very nearly; everything short of.

You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.

Alternative form of close, but no cigar

(idiomatic) Such that the substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering.

(idiomatic, originally US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite.