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La.ga.qu Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

"life is just"

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00"life is just" 02font 00The phrase means 'life is fair'. Unless it continued with an adjective, eg 01i 00'Life is just02i 00 disappointing'. 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00"life is just" 02font 00The phrase means 'life is fair'.
  • Unless it continued with an adjective, eg 01i 00'Life is just02i 00 disappointing'.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00"life is just" 02font00The phrase means 'life is fair'. Unless it continued with an adjective, eg 01i00'Life is just02i00 disappointing'. 02br
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00Most songs, I think, seem to prefer the sentiment that 01font00'Life is 01i00un
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0In addition to what Clive wrote:02br
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01i00Life Is Just a Bowl Full of Cherries02i00 (Could that, or something like it, have been the song?)02br
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00In that sense, "just" means "only" rather than "fair."0-
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