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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Just

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"It actually blocks certain receptors in your brain that tell you when you’re full, so you just keep eating and drinking."
http://www.fithacks.com/index.php/2007/08/16/top-10-ways-to-get-fat/

what does 'just' mean?
  

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just = it is used to emphasize what follows it "just" isn't required in that sentence but (it) helps emphasize the keep eating and drinking part that follows it.

  • just = it is used to emphasize what follows it "just" isn't required in that sentence but (it) helps emphasize the keep eating and drinking part that follows it.
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just = it is used to emphasize what follows it

"just" isn't required in that sentence but (it) helps emphasize the keep eating and drinking part that follows it.
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soheil1what does 'just' mean?
'simply' or 'only'.

so you just keep eating
~ so all that happens is that you keep eating
~ so the only thing that happens is that you keep eating
~ so nothing more happens except that you keep eating

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