What do 'just so many' and 'touched that up' mean?
I almost ran to the truck; there were just so many people I wanted to avoid. The truck had suffered only minimal damage in the accident. I'd had to replace the taillights, and if I'd had a real pain job, I would have touched that up.
"just so many people" means "so many people" with some extra emphasis from "just". According to the version of the text I found online, it should be "if I'd had a real paint job, I would have touched that up". To "touch up" a paint job means to repaint small areas where the paint has worn away.
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"just so many people" means "so many people" with some extra emphasis from "just".
According to the version of the text I found online, it should be "if I'd had a real paint job, I would have touched that up". To "touch up" a paint job means to repaint small areas where the paint has worn away.