just

juste, équitable

Qui traite les gens comme ils le méritent et respecte ce qui est moralement juste.

En anglais simple : Fair and morally right, treating people as they deserve.

• We want a just society.
• The judge gave a just punishment.
• They believed they were fighting for a just cause.

Synonymes : fair, right, equitable

Contraires : unjust, unfair

Expressions courantes : just punishment, just society, just cause

juste, exact

Qui correspond aux faits et est correct ou bien fondé.

En anglais simple : Correct and based on the facts.

• That is a just observation.
• Her report gave a just assessment of the damage.
• His description of the situation was just.

Synonymes : accurate, correct, true

Contraires : inaccurate, incorrect

Expressions courantes : just assessment, just estimate, just observation

seulement, simplement

Indique uniquement la chose ou l’action mentionnée, sans rien de plus.

En anglais simple : Only this thing or action, without anything more.

• I just want water.
• She brought just one bag.
• Are you angry, or just tired?

Synonymes : only, simply, merely

Expressions courantes : just one, just a little, just want something, just need something

à l’instant, tout juste

Indique qu’une chose s’est produite très peu de temps avant maintenant ou avant le moment raconté.

En anglais simple : A very short time before now or before the time being described.

• He has just arrived.
• I just saw your message.
• We had just eaten when our guests arrived.

Comment l'utiliser : have/has just + past participle (She has just called me.); had just + past participle (I had just sat down when the phone rang.)

Synonymes : recently, a moment ago

Expressions courantes : just arrived, just finished, just now

seulement pour

Souligne un résultat inattendu et décevant qui donne l’impression que les efforts précédents ont été inutiles.

En anglais simple : Use this before an unexpected result that makes an earlier effort seem wasted.

• I hurried home, just to find nobody there.
• She saved for months, just to lose the money.
• We waited all morning, just to learn the meeting was cancelled.

Comment l'utiliser : do something, just to + verb (We drove across town, just to find the shop closed.)

Synonymes : only

Expressions courantes : just to find, just to lose, just to discover