justly
/ˈdʒʌs(t)li/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short u vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
jus - tly -> justly
၁။ တရားသော။ တရားမျှတသော။ a just and honourable ruler ❍ a just decision/ law/ society ❍ be just in one's dealings with sb ❍ The just demands of the students must be met.
၂။ ထိုက်တန်သော။ a just reward/ punishment ❍ get one's just deserts (ie get what one deserves). See also JUSTICE
❏ the just n [pl v ] သမာသမတ်ရှိသူများ။
❏ justly adv မှန်မှန်ကန်ကန်။ မျှမျှတတ။ တရားသဖြင့်။ act justly ❍ be justly proud of sth ❍ a justly famous poem.
၁။ (က) (before ns and noun phrases) တိတိ။ အံကိုက်။ သက်သက်။ It's just two o'clock. ❍ This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out. ❍ This jacket is just my size. ❍ It's just my luck (ie the sort of bad luck I usually have) to be on holiday during the worst weather of the year. (ခ) (before adjs , advs and prepositional phrases) အနေတော်။ အံကိုက်။ တထေရာ တည်း။ ချွတ်စွပ်။ (ဤ၊ ထိုနေရာ) တွင်။ The sauce tastes just right. ❍ Put it just here/ there. ❍ You're just in time. ❍ She looks just like her mother.
(ဂ) (before clauses) ပဲ။ ပင်။ အတိုင်း။ It's just what I wanted! ❍ It was just where I expected it to be. ❍ Just what do you think you're doing?
၂။ ~ as (က) အတိုင်း။ It's just as I thought.
(ခ) အခိုက်။ The clock struck six just as I arrived. (ဂ) (before an adj/ adv followed by as ) အတိုင်း။ လိုပင်။ She's just as clever as her sister. ❍ You can get there just as cheaply by air as by train.
၃။ (esp after only ) (က) ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ just manage to pass the entrance exam ❍ just miss a target ❍ I can only just reach the shelf, even when I stand on tiptoe. ❍ She only just caught the train.
(ခ) (used before prepositional phrases of time or measurement) အခိုက်။ ရုံမျှ။ It happened just before Christmas. ❍ He weighs just over 60 kilos.
၄။ (with perfect tenses; in US English with the simple past tense) ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။ I've just seen John at the doctor's. ❍ When you arrived he had only just left. ❍ He has just been telling us about his trip to Rome. ❍ (esp US ) I just saw him a moment ago.
၅။ (က) (esp with the present and past continuous tenses) ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။ I'm just finishing my book. ❍ I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to go home. ❍ I'm just coming! ❍ I'm just off (ie I am leaving now).
(ခ) ~ about/ going to do sth (referring to the immediate future) လုပ်တုန်း။ ခါနီး။ I was just going to tell you when you interrupted. ❍ The potatoes are just about to boil over.
၆။ ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ ဒီအတိုင်း။ just an ordinary day ❍ Don't start worrying just because she's an hour late. ❍ I can't just drop all my commitments. ❍ This essay is just not good enough. ❍ I didn't mean to upset you. It's just that I had to tell somebody. ❍ This is not just another disaster movie: it is a masterpiece.
၇။ (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! ❍ Just try to understand! ❍ Just look at this!
၈။ ~ (for sth/ to do sth) တည်းသာ။ သက်သက်။ There is just one way of saving him. ❍ I waited an hour just to see you. ❍ just for fun/ a laugh/ a joke.
၉။ (used in making a polite request, excuse, interruption, etc) တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်။ တစ်ချက်လောက်။ Could you just help me carry this table, please? ❍ I've just got a few things to do in town first.
၁၀။ (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. ❍ This could just be the deciding factor.
၁၁။ (infml ) (က) (used for emphasis) တကယ်ပဲ။ အဟုတ်ပဲ။ တကယ့်ကို။ The food was just wonderful! ❍ I can just imagine his reaction.
(ခ) (used to express agreement) တကယ်ပဲ။ 'He's rather pompous. ' 'Isn't he just (ie He certainly is)!’
❏ it is just as well (that…) [IDM ] နေရာကျတယ်။ ကောင်းသွားတယ်။ မှန်သွားတယ်။ It's just as well that we didn't leave any later or we'd have missed the train.
❏ just about [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ အားလုံးလိုလို။ နီးပါး။ I've met just about everyone. ❍ 'Did you reach your sales target?' 'Just about. '
၂။ … လောက်ဆိုလျှင်။ He should be arriving just about now.
❏ just like that [IDM ] မပြောမဆို။ ဆိုင်းမဆင့် ဗုံမဆင့်။ He left his wife and children, just like that!
❏ just a minute/ moment/ second [IDM ] (infml ) ခဏ လောက်။ တစ်အောင့်လောက်။ 'Is Mr Schofield available?' 'Just a second, please, I'll check. '
❏ just now [IDM ]
၁။ လောလောဆယ်။ ခုချိန်မှာ။ Come and see me later __ I'm busy just now.
၂။ လောလောဆယ်။ ခုတလော။ Business is good just now.
၃။ အခုတင်။ I saw him just now.
❏ just on [IDM ] (infml ) (esp with numbers) နီးပါး။ နီးနီး။ It's just on six o'clock.
❏ just so [IDM ] နေထားတကျ။ စနစ်တကျ။ She cannot bear an untidy desk. Everything must be just so.
❏ (it's/ that's) just too bad [IDM ] (infml ) (often used to show lack of sympathy) ဒါတော့ မတတ်နိုင်ဘူး။ ‘I've left my purse at home’. 'That's just too bad __ we're not going back now. ' Compare TOO BAD (BAD)
❏ not just yet [IDM ] လောလောဆယ် မဖြစ်နိုင်။ I can't give you the money just yet.
❏ one might just as well be/ do sth [IDM ] …တာမှ ကောင်းဦးမယ်။ The weather was so bad last weekend we might just as well have stayed at home.
- I can’t come now. I’m just putting the children to bed.
- [just now/at the moment/at present] : Mr Reynolds is busy just now, but he’ll see you after lunch.
- I don’t feel like talking to anyone just at the moment.
- [just then/at that moment] : Just then a knock at the door interrupted our conversation.
- [be just going/about to do something] : Mahmud was just about to leave when someone called his name.
- I was just going to ask you the same question.
- [just when/as] : Just when you think it’s all over, the trouble starts again.
- Mum’s just gone down to the shops.
- Andy had just arrived in Australia the day before.
- Susan was just telling me about your new job.
- [only just] : I’ve only just started, so I can’t tell you anything yet.
- [just yesterday/last week etc] : Just last week it was freezing, and now it’s too hot.
- The medicine costs just a few pence to produce.
- He quit the project after just four months.
- There’s a little bookshop just round the corner.
- It was just a silly mistake.
- We’re just a small business employing 15 staff.
- We just wanted to make sure everyone was safe.
- In my opinion, the argument is just about money.
- No, I don’t want to buy anything. I’m just looking.
- The bill came to just £3, 552.
- William was just five months and eleven days old.
- It’s just twenty-three minutes past five.
- [just on] : We left just on the stroke of midnight.
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