sometimes だけ gets mildly confusing.. If someone says , does it mean: 1. Please don't eat only that [eat other things too!] or 2. [You can eat anything you like but] only that, please don't eat it. * * * What about ? Does it mean: 1. Please eat only that [and don't eat anything else]. or 2. [I don't really care if you eat anything else but] only that, please eat it.

This is really ambiguous and depends on how it's stressed/paused:

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> "Please don't eat _only_ that."
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> "Please don't eat that. (Eat anything else.)"

The actual sentence seems to have been this though:

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> ^

That marks as the _topic_ , which clearly means _" Please don't eat that."_