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Vsuresh Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

just like that?

Hi
Please tell me if this expression is idiomatic. 
Just like that
We didn't you go for the party?
Answer: Just like that (no apparent reason)
  

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" doesn't make any sense. "

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"Just like that" is a correct idiomatic expression (though possibly not in the context you have in mind), but "We didn't you go for the party?" doesn't make any sense. Could you possibly mean "Why didn't you go to the party?"
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Thank you, GPY.
I'm afraid that is what I meant.
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"Just because" springs to mind as a possible colloquial response to "Why didn't you go to the party?".

just because = for no particular reason
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ozzourti"Just because" springs to mind as a possible colloquial response to "Why didn't you go to the party?".just because = for no particular reason
I agree. Probably I should have thought of an appropriate context for 'just like that'.
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ozzourti"Just because" springs to mind as a possible colloquial response to "Why didn't you go to the party?".just because = for no particular reason
You can't answer that by just saying "just because"

You could simply answer: I just didn't.
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AnonymousYou can't answer that by just saying "just because"
I don't agree there. In my opinion, "Just because" is a valid idiomatic answer in informal English.
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vsureshJust like that
This is used colloquially to mean all of a sudden or in that way. It is an expression of surprise; that something might be so easy or simple.
Examples:

1) I only had to ask him once. He trusted me just like that.

2) A conversation
A: " All right, " he said. " I'll deal with it. "
B: " Ju
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