Just
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Adverb
only, simply
Syntax
just triggers the use of perfective aspect (have + -en).
- I had just finished eating when the doorbell rang.
- I've just left work. I should be back home in an hour.
In both the UK & the US the past perfect is used with just to mark a recently accomplished prior action. Compare to venir de in French.
In American English the simple past is frequently used instead of the present perfect.
Adjective
fair
