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1. just Adverb (a) to express the idea of having just done something, you generally use venir de in French; to express the idea of only just, you can use either juste or seulement in French as in the examples I've ~ arrived je viens d'arriver; I've ~ seen him je viens de le voir; I've only ~ arrived je viens d'arriver seulement, je viens juste d'arriver (b) (=exactly) exactement; (=immediately) juste; ~ right parfait; ~ how/when/why...? comment/quand/pourquoi exactement...?; I don't ~ know je ne sais pas exactement; ~ before leaving juste avant de partir, juste après mon (or) son départ; ~ when he arrived juste au moment où il est arrivé; ~ then (=at that particular moment) juste à ce moment-là; ~ then, ~ now (=a moment ago) tout à l'heure; what did you say ~ then? qu'est-ce que tu as dit tout à l'heure?; ~ after 8 o'clock juste après 8 heures, à 8 heures passées (c) (with comparisons) ~ as ... as ... tout aussi ... que ...; I'm ~ as tall as you are je suis tout aussi grand que toi (d) (=only) juste, que, ne ... que; ~ 100 Euros juste (or) que 100 euros, 100 euros seulement; it's ~ a dream ce n'est qu'un rêve (e) (=barely) tout juste; I've ~ got time to do it j'ai tout juste le temps de le faire (f) to say only just in the sense of almost didn't, you often use de justesse I only ~ got the train j'ai eu le train de justesse (g) ~ about presque, quasiment (slightly Infml); it's ~ about done, it's ~ about ready c'est quasiment prêt; he ~ about finished it il l'a presque terminé, il s'en est fallu de peu pour qu'il le termine 2. just Adjective (frm: fair) juste (neutral), équitable; reason, claim valable, bien fondé; without ~ cause sans raison valable
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