JUST

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just¹ I. adjectiv

1. drept, legitim, îndreptăţit, onest, echitabil; sincer.

2. motivat, întemeiat; potrivit, cuvenit;

just reward recompensă meritată.

3. exact, corect, just, precis, tocmai;

just proportion proporţie justă / exactă.

4. regulat, normal.

5. leal, cinstit, nepărtinitor;

just to one's engagements credincios obligaţiilor sale.

just¹ II. adverb

1. precis, exact, anume, de-a dreptul, tocmai;

it is just what I said este exact ceea ce am spus (eu);

just so exact aşa;

just in time tocmai la timp, exact;

just then anume, anume atunci;

just as întocmai ca, la fel ca, exact ca;

just enough tocmai de ajuns;

it is just the thing for you este exact ceea ce-ţi trebuie.

2. dosar, numai;

just once numai o dată, o singură dată;

I had just one glass n-am băut decât un (singur) pahar;

just look! priveşte numai! ia te uită!

just for the fun of it doar / numai în glumă;

just you shut up! vorba! gura! tăcere!

3. chiar acum; numai ce;

he has just come a venit chiar acum, numai ce a venit;

just now a) chiar acum, acum o clipă; b) chiar acum, în acest moment; c) (dial.) acuş, îndată.

4. abia, de abia; anevoie; cu greu;

I just caught the train abia-abia am prins trenul;

he only just managed to do it de-abia de-abia a reuşit s-o facă.

5. (fam.) cu totul, de-a dreptul, într-adevăr, pur şi simplu;

it's just splendid este într-adevăr măreţ.

just² substantiv, verb v. joust.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Just as you wish, Mr. Holmes, so long as we get our man.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Just toss it over to me.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of course, that is only just for the time.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He told me, “there was an English ship in the port just ready to sail, and he would furnish me with all things necessary.”

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

It is just that I can’t be without these items!

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

"He pays his board, just the same," was the retort.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

That's what I told you just now.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Far and faint it was, in the remote distance, the cry of the hungry wolf-pack as it took the trail of other meat than the man it had just missed.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Or, if you do not wish to be boosted just yet, why not boost Cooky?

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

So it is but just that the men and women of the village who eat my meat should build me my igloo.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

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