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Chris123 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

What does 'just' mean here?

'Life is just too hard.'

The word 'just' has so many different meanings that I always don't know what it means. What does 'just' mean here?
  

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chris123 The word 'just' has so many different meanings that I always don't know what it means. And it is often difficult to pin the meaning down in an utterance. chris123 What does 'just' mean here?

— Mister Micawber

  • chris123 The word 'just' has so many different meanings that I always don't know what it means.
  • And it is often difficult to pin the meaning down in an utterance.
  • chris123 What does 'just' mean here?
  • I suggest: actually; really; positively: The weather is just glorious.
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chris123The word 'just' has so many different meanings that I always don't know what it means.
And it is often difficult to pin the meaning down in an utterance.
chris123 What does 'just' mean here?
I suggest:

actually; really; positively: The weather is just glorious.

Welcome to English Forums, Chri
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Mister Micawberactually; really; positively: The weather is just glorious.
So 'just' here is used to emphasize 'glorious'?
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chris123So 'just' here is used to emphasize 'glorious'?
Yes.
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