just
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noun
သမာသမတ်ရှိသူများ။
adjective
adverb
before N and noun phrases တိတိ။ အံကိုက်။ သက်သက်။
- This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out.
before Adj, Adv and prepositional phrases အနေတော်။ အံကိုက်။ တထေရာ တည်း။ ချွတ်စွပ်။ ဤ၊ ထိုနေရာ တွင်။
- The sauce tastes just right. Put it just here/there.
before clauses ပဲ။ ပင်။ အတိုင်း။
- It was just where I expected it to be.
~ as အတိုင်း။ အခိုက်။ before an Adj and Adv followed by as အတိုင်း။ လိုပင်။
- It's just as I thought.
~ esp after only ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ ~ used before with prepositional phrases of time, measurement အခိုက်။ ရုံမျှ။
- I can only just reach the shelf/even when I stand on tiptoe.
~ with perfect tense, in US with the with simple past tense ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။
- He has just been telling us about his trip to Rome.
~ esp present and past continuous tense ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။ ~ about, going to do sth, referring to the with immediate future လုပ်တုန်း။ ခါနီး။
- I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to go home.
ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ ဒီအတိုင်း။
- This is not just another disaster movie: it is a masterpiece.
used, esp with the imperative, to cut short a possible argument or delay or to appeal for attention or understanding ကြည့်စမ်း။ ကြည့်စမ်းပါဦး။
- Just listen to what I'm saying/will you!
~ for sth/ to do sth တည်းသာ။ သက်သက်။
- There is just one way of saving him.
~ used in making a polite request, excuse, interruption etc တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်။ တစ်ချက်လောက်။
- Could you just help me carry this table/please?
~ used with might, might, may to indicate a slight possibility of sth happening or being true ...ကောင်း...မည်။
- Try his home number __ he might just/just might be in.
~ used for emphasis တကယ်ပဲ။ အဟုတ်ပဲ။ တကယ့်ကို။ ~ used for with express agreement တကယ်ပဲ။
- The food was just wonderful! I can just imagine his reaction.