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JUST (adverb)
1. exactly
- This is just what I need.
- This place is just the way I imagined.
- That’s just enough.
2. simply, only, no more than
- It was just another mistake.
- He’s just a friend.
- I met him just two days ago.
3. a short time ago
- I’ve just received a phone call.
- They’ve just bought a new car.
- She’s just finished work.
4. barely, by a narrow margin
- I just caught the train before it pulled out of the station.
- The bullet just missed him.
- He arrived just in time.
Changes in the word order and meaning:
a, Just two weeks ago, Peter won a thousand pounds. (not more than two weeks ago)
b, Two weeks ago, just Peter won a thousand pounds. (no one else won, only him)
c, Two weeks ago, Peter won just a thousand pounds. (not more than a thousand pounds)
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