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Speaker 1: I just got the idea that just is one of

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those words that has a number of different uses in

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everyday English. Just a sec let me think about that.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: Alrighty, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here

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from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast Episode eight oh eight.

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Six ways to use just. Let's dive in. First of all,

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just means exactly, like on a cold day, a cup

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of hot cocoa is just the perfect thing to warm

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you up. And speaking of cold day, the weather today

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is just as bad as it was yesterday. You know,

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I'm just wondering what to have for lunch today. And

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since just means exactly, you can use just about, which

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means almost exactly, like it's just about lunchtime, or I'm

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just about ready to move on to the next part

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of this lesson. And you know what, it's just as

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well too, because I'm out of examples. It's just as well.

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This means it's a good thing, or it's a fortunate thing,

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like it's just as well I didn't invest in bitcoin

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last month, it's really gone down. We also use just

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when we talk about time, and when you use just

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followed by a verb, it means very recently or in

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the immediate past. Like I just got a phone call

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from my sister in New York and she told me

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that she just bought a new car, lucky her. And

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did you know I just moved to Japan. Yeah, true story.

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Speaking of time, we use the phrase just now to

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mean at this moment or a little while ago. I

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just now finished eating lunch since I got home just now,

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I didn't have a chance to open the mail. And

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if you want to ask someone to wait, you can

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say just a minute or just a second. Like if

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someone calls your office and asks to talk to your coworker,

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you can tell that person just a minute, let me

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see if she's available. Oh just a second, I want

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of just, we also use just to mean barely or

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buy a very little amount, like they had just one

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package of my favorite cookies at the story yesterday. My

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friend Sean's son is just ten years old, but he

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can play the guitar and drums pretty well. And not

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just those two instruments. Why, in fact, he can also

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play the piano and sing. I'm just amazed at how

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musical he is. And he's just ten. I'm just amazed.

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Which brings us to the point that you can use

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just before adjective to mean really or very or absolutely,

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like my new office space is just perfect. I'm so

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happy working here and helping you speak English better. Well,

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it's just the best feeling in the world. So just

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means exactly, just means very recently, and just means barely.

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That's just amazing, isn't it. Finally we have the phrase

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just the same, which means nevertheless or in spite of that,

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like I put on my raincoat and a hat, but

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I got soaking wet, just the same. Keep in mind,

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other word or phrase in English, is to take that

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word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true

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