just
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 prepositional phrases of time or measurement အခိုက်။ ရုံမျှ။
- I can only just reach the shelf/even when I stand on tiptoe.
with perfect tenses; in US English with the simple past tense ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။
- He has just been telling us about his trip to Rome.
esp with the present and past continuous tenses ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။ ~ about/ going to do sth referring to the 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, could, or 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 to express agreement တကယ်ပဲ။
- The food was just wonderful! I can just imagine his reaction.
thesaurus
- just
- conscionable
- fitting
- meet
- retributive
- retributory
- vindicatory
- rightful
- fair
- honorable
- honourable
- right
- righteous
- equitable
- evenhanded
- antimonopoly
- antitrust
- clean
- sporting
- sportsmanlike
- fair-minded
- fair-and-square
- impartial
- reasonable
- sensible
- good
- upright
- virtuous
- merely
- simply
- only
- but
- precisely
- exactly
- just now
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- scarce