justjust2 /dʒʌst/ ●●○ adjective 
Henry sincerely believed that he was fighting a just war. a just settlement Charlemagne was respected as a just ruler.► see thesaurus at fair2deserved by someone: a just reward for their loyal service What would be a just punishment for such a crime? I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves).—justly adverb: These men are criminals, but they must be dealt with justly. an achievement of which we can be justly proud
WORD ORIGINjust2
Origin:
1300-1400 French juste, from Latin justus, from jus ‘right, law’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a just and lasting peace
- a just reward
- He was the perfect choice for Emperor -- just, patient, merciful and of royal blood.
- Many of us did not feel that the court's decision was just.
- No just government would allow this kind of treatment of its own citizens.
- The Attorney General called the sentence a fair and just punishment for someone who had committed such a dreadful crime.
THESAURUS
treating people equally or in the way that is right: · It’s not fair that she gets paid more than me.· Everyone has the right to a fair trial.
formal morally right and fair: · a just punishment· a just cause· a just society· Do you think it was a just war?
fair and sensible according to most people’s standards: · a reasonable request· Lateness, without a reasonable excuse, will not be tolerated.
giving fair and equal treatment to all sides of an argument or subject: · Balanced reporting of the news is essential.
giving fair and equal treatment to everyone, especially when it would be easy to favour one particular group: · The drama takes an even-handed look at the consequences of violent crime, both on attackers and their victims.· The film is even-handed and does not try to make you support either side.
formal giving equal treatment to everyone involved: · We need an equitable solution to this problem.· a more equitable distribution of wealth
Longman Language Activatorwhen something happened a short time ago · Sorry, she just left for home. Can I take a message?· The war had just ended, and the country's economy was in ruins.· You've had your hair cut, haven't you? I've just noticed.· I just heard the news! Congratulations!
especially British a very short time ago: · It's noon, and she's only just got up.· I've only just passed my driving test, so I'm still a little nervous.
also a moment ago especially British spoken a very short time ago - use this especially when a situation has changed: · She was here a minute ago.· There was a phone call for you a second ago, but I didn't know where you were.· What did I do with my glasses? I had them in my hand a moment ago.
also just this minute British spoken a very short time ago - use this especially when you are answering someone who is looking for someone else: · "Have you seen Carl?'' "I just this minute hung up on him.''· She just now left, so she should be home by six.· Didn't I just this minute tell you to tidy your room!· Sandy was on the Internet just now, that's why the phone was busy.
also hardly/scarcely British spoken use this to say that something had just happened when something else happened: · I had scarcely opened the door when the dog came running in.· She had barely slept 10 minutes before she was woken up again.· The class had barely started when the fire bell rang.· Hardly had King finished speaking when a shot was fired by someone in the crowd.
when someone has become a particular age a short time ago if someone has just turned a particular age, they have very recently had their birthday: · She just turned five in August.· When he retired, he'd just turned 65.
if someone, usually a young person, is barely a particular age, they have only very recently had their birthday: · He's 35, and he's going out with a girl who's barely 18.
when something happens, although it almost did not happen · "Can I speak to Tony please?" "Sorry, you've just missed him."· If you hurry you'll just catch the 9.30 bus.· I just made it to class on time.· At the moment we're just making enough money to cover our costs.just in time (=with very little time to spare) · We got to the station just in time.
if you barely do something, you succeed, although you almost fail: · The fog was so bad that we could barely see the road in front of us.· The staff here are barely coping with all the work.
also nearly didn't British · I saw him a week ago and I almost didn't recognize him, he'd lost so much weight.· My alarm clock is broken and I nearly didn't wake up in time this morning.
British /just barely American use this when you succeed in doing something, but you want to emphasize how close you were to failing: · It was a close game. Beverly beat me, but only just.· I could just barely hear him.· The paperwork was only just completed in time for the conference.· The train was late, and I just barely made it to the meeting on time.
: narrowly win/defeat/fail etc if you narrowly win, lose etc, you win or lose by a very small number of points, votes etc: · The bill was narrowly defeated in the Senate.· She narrowly failed to beat the world record in the 100 metres sprint.
British use this to say that something good happened, but it almost did not: · The Labour party won the election, but it was a very near thing.· He nearly died - it was a very close thing.
if you do something by the skin of your teeth , you succeed in doing it, but only by a very small amount of time, space etc: · The business is surviving, but only by the skin of its teeth.· The car broke down on the way to the airport and they just caught the plane by the skin of their teeth.
when something bad almost happened, but did not: narrowly avoid/miss/escape etc to avoid something unpleasant or dangerous, although you almost do not avoid it: · A black BMW swerved, narrowly missing another car.· He narrowly escaped arrest when the police raided his house.
British also close call American a situation in which something bad almost happens but does not: · A sniper's bullet went through the sleeve of his coat. It was a close shave but didn't even scratch him.· Joe breathed a sigh of relief as the guard passed on to the next cell: "That was a close call!"
spoken say this when you have managed to avoid something dangerous or unpleasant, but you almost did not: · Geez, that was close! Did you see that red car?
a situation in which something, especially a car or plane, almost hits something, but does not: · There were two near misses on the airport's runways between 1998 and 1999.· The asteroid flew within 106,000 miles of Earth, which astronomers considered a near miss.
when you do something, but only with difficulty also can scarcely British if you can hardly , can barely , or can scarcely do something, you are able to do it but only with a lot of difficulty: · I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open.· She's not strong. She can barely walk without holding on to something.· He lay flat on his back, scarcely able to breathe, waiting for the ambulance.
if you can just about do something, you are able to do it but only with a lot of difficulty: · I could just about reach it.· I think I can just about manage to get there on time. · He's just about able to walk on his own again.
when something is a particular size, amount etc, but no more · The house is just big enough for the whole family.· Pick the fruit when it's just ripe.
if someone or something is barely a particular size, level, amount, distance etc, it is that size, level etc, but no bigger or more than that: · There was barely a gallon of gas in the tank.· He had barely a mile to go before finishing the race.· His voice was barely loud enough to be heard at the back of the theatre.· 5000 gallons of water is barely enough to supply a fire truck for five minutes.
British /just barely American use this when something is a particular size, level, amount, distance etc, but you want to emphasize that it is not any bigger or any more than that: · The cable's only just long enough to reach my desk.· We can walk. Her house is just barely around the corner.
words for describing someone who is always fair · Kelson has a reputation as a fair and compassionate judge.· Despite the discrimination they suffered, my grandparents remained fair, decent, good people.be fair to somebody · I've always tried to be fair to all my children.
written someone who is just treats people in a way that is fair and right - use this especially about leaders, rulers, and other people in authority, especially in historical descriptions: · He was the perfect choice for Emperor -- just, patient, merciful and of royal blood.· No just government would allow this kind of treatment of its own citizens.
someone who is fair-minded is able to see situations in a fair and reasonable way and always considers other people's opinions: · The Chairman is a fair-minded man, so will listen to any criticism of his proposals.· She remained maddeningly fair- minded, even about her greatest opponents.
treating people in a way that is reasonable and equal treating everyone equally, or treating people in a way that most people think is right: · The old system of student funding seemed much fairer.· Everyone has the right to a fair trial.· Observers will be present to ensure a free and fair election.it is fair that: · Do you think it's fair that she gets paid more money than me?it's only fair spoken: · Her husband should help take care of the baby - it's only fair.be fair to somebody: · In order to be fair to everyone, ticket sales are limited to two for each person.to be fair spoken (=say this when you are giving a reason why someone should not be criticized too strongly): · To be fair, these are complicated, serious issues, and the department has only been discussing them for a short time.
a situation, decision etc that is just gives someone what they rightly deserve or have a right to expect: · Many of us did not feel that the court's decision was just.· a just and lasting peacejust decision/punishment/settlement etc: · The Attorney General called the sentence a fair and just punishment for someone who had committed such a dreadful crime.
if an agreement, offer, or what someone does is reasonable , most people would agree that it is fair and sensible: · The company made every reasonable effort to correct the problem.· The students' goals in the protest seem so reasonable that the university is setting up a committee to consider them.it is reasonable to do something: · Do you think it's reasonable to expect people to work more than 60 hours a week?
giving fair and equal treatment to all sides of an argument or subject: · "Newsweek" gave a reasonably balanced report on the crisis.· Recently historians have taken a far more balanced view of the Irish question.
treating everyone equally and not showing special favour to anyone: · Local magistrates are expected to respect the law and provide even-handed justice.· The BBC has the reputation of being even-handed in its coverage of election news.
spoken use this to tell someone that they should do something because it is right and fair, especially after you have done something for them: · Come on, fair's fair. It's your turn to mind the kids.
to do something in an honest and fair way: · The film company says that it played fair in all its contract dealings with the actors' unions.· A mystery novel should play fair with the reader, providing all the clues necessary to solve the crime.
to have a good reason for thinking or doing something to have a good reason to behave in a particular way, especially in a way that you would not normally behave, or in a way that other people would usually disapprove of: · She's just got her exam results; she has the right to be proud of herself.· The problems are genuine and people have the right to be concerned.have every right to be something (=have a very good reason to feel something): · After what happened last time we bought a car, I think we have every right to be wary.
if you are justly proud, angry, critical etc, you have a good reason for feeling this way or reacting in this way: · The Chinese are justly proud of their ancient culture.· The press has been justly critical of the delays in paying compensation.· Bordeaux is an area of France justly famous for its red wine.
if someone does something, feels something, or thinks something with good cause or good reason , they have a good reason for what they do or think or feel: have good cause/reason to do something: · The coach, watching his team, feels he has good reason to expect them to win.for good cause/reason: · The company has been held up as a model employer, and for good reason. They have a good training program and excellent benefits.with good cause/reason: · She is a jealous wife, and with good cause.
formal if someone says or does something rightly , they are right and have good reasons to say it or do it: · The U.S. is rightly cautious about becoming involved.· Taxpayers rightly expect the government to be careful about spending.rightly so: · Residents are outraged, and rightly so.quite rightly: · Investors have quite rightly avoided this stock.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It’s just about the worst mistake anyone could make. He knew that just across the border lay freedom. The bathroom is just along (=a short distance along) the corridor. His last album sold half a million copies and we hope this one will be just as (=equally) popular. We could just discern a town in the distance. Well, that’s just ducky. I could suggest many different methods, but anyway, here are just a few. Getting a gun license here seems to be just a formality. It just goes to show how much people judge each other by appearances. Don’t get mad – I was only kidding. Sometimes you sound just like (=exactly like) my mum! It’s just like her to run away from her responsibilities! I’d just like to say how grateful we are for your help. ‘Salubrious’! That’s just the word I was looking for. They say the people of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools. Bolton is a mill town just outside Manchester. We were just passing through (=travelling through a place) and thought we’d drop in to see you. There are parking spaces over there, just past (=a little further than) the garage. I didn’t mean to say it like that – it just popped out. That’s funny – Simon said exactly the same thing. She was just short of six feet tall. The neighbours throw things over the garden wall just to spite us. I spend just under four hours a day seeing customers.
I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves). It’s just about the worst mistake anyone could make. He knew that just across the border lay freedom. The bathroom is just along (=a short distance along) the corridor. His last album sold half a million copies and we hope this one will be just as (=equally) popular. (=used to emphasize that many more things will happen)· Signing the contract is just the beginning of a long process.
(=an aim that is fair and right)· The rebels believed that they were fighting for a just cause.
We could just discern a town in the distance. Well, that’s just ducky. I could suggest many different methods, but anyway, here are just a few. Getting a gun license here seems to be just a formality. It just goes to show how much people judge each other by appearances. Don’t get mad – I was only kidding. Sometimes you sound just like (=exactly like) my mum! It’s just like her to run away from her responsibilities! I’d just like to say how grateful we are for your help. ‘Salubrious’! That’s just the word I was looking for. They say the people of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools. (=only a very short time ago)· I had just that moment arrived.
(=used when telling someone to wait)· Just a moment, I’ll go and get her.
especially British English (=at the present time) There are a lot of bargains in the shops just now.
There are a lot of bargains in the shops just now. British English spoken Mrs Peterson came in to see Ruth just the once.
Mrs Peterson came in to see Ruth just the once. (=exactly the opposite)· He wasn’t laughing. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Bolton is a mill town just outside Manchester. We were just passing through (=travelling through a place) and thought we’d drop in to see you. There are parking spaces over there, just past (=a little further than) the garage. I didn’t mean to say it like that – it just popped out. (=appropriate and right)· Death would be a just punishment.
That’s funny – Simon said exactly the same thing. (=wait a short time) ‘Is Al there?’ ‘Hold on a sec, I’ll check.’
‘Is Al there?’ ‘Hold on a sec, I’ll check.’ She was just short of six feet tall.· We are making progress towards a just society.
The neighbours throw things over the garden wall just to spite us. I spend just under four hours a day seeing customers.· I just want to be left alone.
(=used to thank someone for a present that you really like)· Thanks for the bread machine – it’s just what I’ve always wanted.
(=one that you believe is right)· They believe that they are fighting a just war.
(=used in formal situations to tell someone you will do what they want) ‘I’d like it to be ready by six.’ ‘Just as you wish, sir.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN ‘I’d like it to be ready by six.’ ‘Just as you wish, sir.’· The defense excused him for just cause.· False testimony in support of a just cause was moral; for an unjust cause it was immoral.· There are too few warriors and too few committed to a just cause.· No longer revolutionaries, no longer a just cause - no longer, after all that, a cause at all.· At that point failure to do so would have the same consequences as any other refusal to work without just cause.· The mythology of this just cause was not inevitably tragic, though usually so.· I could see no just cause for carrying on after arguing vehemently against the idea, then seeing it carried.
· Now the rich and the proud would get their just deserts.· Even a low-cal concoction can make us feel that we're getting our just deserts.
· For example, one may owe the duty to the just government of foreign countries.· Both reject papal centralization and papal authority as a means for discerning just government.· I have a duty to support just governments in foreign countries, even though they have no legitimate power over me.· Imagine a relatively just government ruling over a relatively morally enlightened population.· The existence of the occasional bad law enacted by a just government does not by itself establish much.· Therefore, consent can not be justified as a necessary means to establish a just government.· Noninstrumental validations of consent are, therefore, limited to consent to the authority of a reasonably just government.· The main argument can not validate wholesale the authority of even reasonably just governments.
· To see a job completed to the best of your ability and to the satisfaction of the customer is just reward.· It would be just reward for their recent form, and no-one would begrudge them the honour.· A handsome second-term majority will be his just reward.· A medal of honour was his just reward.· So for all their efforts they got their just reward.· For Edgar Bronfman and Ivan Straker, however, it would have been just reward for their assistance, to the race.· If Beth had got her just rewards, Tyler Blacklock had carved himself a very different destiny.· It features a well thought out line of play which reaped a just reward.
· Because of these evils, we have failed to create a just society here.· It points to some of the ethical roots of social action and the citizens' responsibilities towards a just society.· As the quote from Guttierrez shows, the struggle to build a just society is itself part of the process of salvation.· Indeed, the struggle for a more just society has historically entailed constant protest and demonstration to change oppressive laws.· The reader will recognize the correspondences between Qaddafi's account of social organization and the Zuwaya image of the just society.· Young's ideas are important because they cast serious doubt on liberal views of a just society.
· My partner, my family, and in a just war, my country.· There is no such thing as a just war.· Catholic morality approves of the view that to repel an aggressor is to engage in a just war.· What is going on there is not just war, it is genocide.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be just what the doctor ordered► as it happens/it just so happens► (just) out of interest/as a matter of interest► I’m only/just doing my job► let’s just say (that)► wait a minute/just a minute/hold on a minute/hang on a minute► that’s all I need/that’s just what I didn’t need► not just a pretty face► (just) as ..., so ...► something is just one of those things► just the thing/the very thing► it’s just a thought
1morally right and fair: - And a T'ang is not just any man.
- Anyway, you can't dismiss the experimental method just because some irrational people choose not to put the findings into practice.
- He is just because he is vulnerable and challengeable.
- I can't break it, just because he's out of the country.
- Just because you shop at the local indoor mall does not make you an expert on the retail sector of the economy.
- Perhaps it's just because you don't like her?
- So just because you can't find it through a Web search doesn't mean it's not there.
- This is not just because Republicans are determined to make it so.
- I was just walking along, minding my own business, when this guy ran straight into me.
- In case you missed the last program, here's a summary of the story.
- There are spare batteries in there, in case you need them.
- A few latecomers are nosing gloomily around in case the professionals have left anything worth having.
- Deep tendon reflexes are usually diminished, but in cases with prominent lateral column disease may be hyperactive with extensor plantar reflexes.
- How can an individual get permission to photocopy or videotape in cases where there is no fair use exception?
- In case a dish fails to appease a customer, Steve Carrasco can always make a flying getaway.
- In case you're wondering-for the hospital form-this is how you spell tetanus.
- Not typical in cases like this.
- They had delivered the correct total quantity of tins but half of them were packed in cases of 24 tins each.
- Viral cultures during an attack will give the diagnosis in cases such as these.
- A period when he was almost dead is coming up to the surface.
- He had a horrible premonition that she was coming up to Rome.
- Manion was coming up to his freeway exit.
- Around the corner, their classmates practiced pulling small-fry violin bows across squeaky strings.
- I rounded the corner, then stopped, waited a moment and peeked back into the lobby.
- Rats gnawed on black infants' feet, while money was used to build new police stations around the corner.
- She might think we're just around the corner and that we're not coming to see her.
- She peered round the corner of the house.
- She was around the corner, talking to Hoffmann.
- The Derby Tonelli grocery store of my mind could have stood around the corner from my house.
- There was always something around the corner if you didn't lose your head.
- "Everything okay?" "Oh, it's just been one of those days."
- Even a low-cal concoction can make us feel that we're getting our just deserts.
- From Llewelyn he would get his deserts, and be grateful for them.
- He was not a spiteful man, but he had enjoyed the sight of Spatz getting his deserts.
- Now the rich and the proud would get their just deserts.
- I have a sudden urge to touch her, to hold her, to tell her I know how she feels.
- I knew how he felt about me -- a short blind boy who hated leather basketballs.
- I know how he feels about me!
- I know how you feel about it ... You would rather wait - wait till we're married.
- I know how you feel, Doyle thought.
- I know how you feel, they're all or nothing.
- You ran a decent campaign, John, and I know how it feels to lose.
- Don't pay any attention to Henry. He's just fooling.
- ""Are you going out with Liam?'' ""No, we're just good friends.''
- I'm not going out with Nathan, you know - we're just friends.
- I keep telling my mother that Peter and I are just friends but she doesn't seem to believe me.
- Billy and I were just good friends, really good mates.
- But maybe he and Jane were just friends.
- Maureen and I - we thought we were just friends.
- My wife and I are just good friends.
- They were just friends, and he was fun to be with.
- A lot of rich kids are turning to crime just for the hell of it.
- We used to go out every Saturday night and get drunk, just for the hell of it.
- For the hell of it l do an extra set of bun-twisters on my back, a perennial crowd-pleaser.
- For this interview, talking just for the hell of it, he was immeasurably more relaxed.
- He decided to walk down to the promontory by way of the market, just for the hell of it.
- He didn't really strike her as a particularly nosy person, just wanting to know things for the hell of it.
- I steal things I can't eat, just for the hell of it.
- Slanging matches with Craddock just for the hell of it.
- Why do so many people breed just for the hell of it?
- William Mulholland came to Los Angeles more or less for the hell of it.
- It's human nature to put off doing things you don't like to do.
- But it's human nature that people-male or female-will do what they are allowed to get away with.
- A bit of companionship with fellow climbers and walkers is just the job at the end of a hard day.
- Clinique, though, say their new Electric Shave Primer is just the job.
- Computerised databases are just the job for any record storage as many of you may know.
- She should not have mentioned Mrs Skipton, must learn to do the job, just the job and no more.
- The Cajun Kings were just the job, as was John.
- This could be just the job for her - and it would generate some new income to replace what we've lost.
- To decide which one is right for you, you have to consider more than just the job you do.
- At home the bowl of the sky is just like that.
- Certainly they impute to the accused a degree of mystical malevolence just like that implied in witchcraft charges.
- Could he abandon everything now, just like that?
- How many people came to this country and bought a house just like that?
- I put my arm round him and gave him a hug just like that.
- I was on tablets for two days and then taken off, just like that.
- The pickup switching configuration is just like that of a Strat, but obviously with a fatter tone from the humbuckers.
- They stopped, just like that.
- We have put together a few of the most popular itineraries to help make your choice that little bit easier.
- "Do you need help with anything?" "No thanks. We're just looking."
- Just my luck! The one vacation I take all year, and I have to get sick.
- Married, is he? Just my luck.
- Great, I thought to myself, just my luck.
- It was just my luck to have bags made of light nylon, weighing in at ten kilos in total.
- No chance, I thought, just my luck the clocks aren't working.
- It was only a matter of time before Lynn found out Phil's secret.
- You'll learn how to do it eventually -- it's only a matter of time.
- Your father is dying and there's nothing we can do. I'm afraid it's just a matter of time.
- But they believe it's only a matter of time before the disease crosses the county boundary.
- If he hasn't already killed somebody, then it's only a matter of time.
- They think it's only a matter of time before he breaks.
- And if you have to plough the field anyway, you might as well plant it at the same time.
- But what is unavoidable may still be undesirable, and one might as well say so.
- D.W. had come in over ocean and flown low as a drug smuggler over what might as well be called treetops.
- He might as well have gotten down on his hands and knees and begged for it.
- He said we might as well go before his sister arrived, because once she came, it would be impossible.
- I might as well have been a convert, a Gentile.
- I thought I might just as well come down to the point.
- You might as well go to a branch.
- But the gentleman will not take no for an answer, and even tried to push past me just now.
- Her own eyes were a muddy green, and just now they were spitting fire, like a little cat.
- I myself had started something of a relationship with her just now.
- Maybe the maids would have left some of the rooms open, if there was nobody staying in them just now.
- That betraying look in her eyes in the cloakroom just now must have told him he'd won again.
- The man, whose helping hand he had just now been the recipient of, was immediately behind him.
- When I was in Marcus just now he was normal.
- But for once his famous ability to blend laughter and pain is overcome by the weight of his subject.
- But Holmes, for once, was wrong.
- In fact for once the human mussel-gatherers have come to the assistance of their natural competitors.
- Mrs Saulitis's cheerfulness was lost for once.
- Why not, for once, why not?
- You can't fault Ayckbourn's production but, for once, his comic vessel has problems carrying such emotionally heavy cargo.
- OK, you can stay up till 11, but just this once.
- But the smiling man who clutched the real trophy after the game spoke, this once, for everyone.
- Carol told Petey this once to help him stop crying so she could take a look.
- Hadn't she seen something like this once before? she thought vaguely.
- He had sworn this once when he and Adrastus had quarreled and Eriphyle had reconciled them.
- Lawyers and supporters of the parents in Orkney questioned both the motives and the methods of this once trusted organisation.
- Maybe this once, the world will display itself as immutable.
- We've been through this once.
- We've done this once or twice before, as I vividly recall.
- As it turns out, though, one of the greatest albums in his catalog has only just been released commercially.
- However, the hard part of Operation Restore Hope may have only just begun.
- It was sparsely furnished, for Anne had only just come into her inheritance, but it was newly decorated and clean.
- She must be dreaming, but surely she had only just gone to sleep.
- She remembered that he had a knack for getting people to stop shooting, and usually only just in time.
- The great black migration from the West Side-and from the Deep South-had only just begun.
- Unemployment is still only just half of what it was seven years ago.
- His falsity and hollowness are not just the opposite of the true and the wholesome, but threaten to undermine it.
- And being Lord Aviemore is just like being plain Mr Aviemore, right?
- Cluedo's Reverend Green is to become plain Mr Green to bring one of the country's best-loved board games up to date.
- Sometimes, it's simply a question of somewhere safe to go after school while parents are working.
- The potatoes were a little overcooked, but delicious all the same.
- He made beer the same way as his grandfather had and today it's brewed just the same way.
- My father was a Hasid but he wanted us to know the Scriptures just the same.
- Some have felt they were all the same, maybe even the Apostle John.
- The look will be different, but the content, the coverage and the crack will be just the same.
- These strips are all the same, a sort of busy evolutionary seashore.
- Trout fishing is often a great challenge, but rewarding just the same, with gorgeous colored fish and the streamside beauty.
- Well, if it's all the same to you, we would rather be the judges of that.
- Yet all the same, progress resulted.
- Both of them said the word on the same downbeat, which made them burst into laughter at how hilarious they sounded.
- He could not bring himself to say the words, so great was his terror of plague.
- If there's anything I can do, you've only got to say the word.
- No one was actually prepared to say the word revolution-the one word in their vocabulary softened by success.
- The last team then has to say the word they had in mind.
- When the language helper says the words in a frame he will say them more naturally.
- When the truth was devastating, no wonder physicians avoided saying the words and patients refused to accept them.
- "So who was she with?" "Let's just say it wasn't Ted."
- Everything has to be just so at Maxine's dinner parties.
- But this turned out to be just so much more Super Bowl hype.
- Flashman is just so bitter - he's blaming us, but we just wanted our money above aboard.
- I was just so furious that I swept out in high dudgeon.
- I was just so pumped up to do good.
- I went downstairs, I was just so struck by musicians and live music.
- If it was a microcap fund it would be different because there are just so many microcap stocks you can buy.
- Now, nations are just so many men like these.
- There were just so many animals around.
- Absorbing Costs Self-defeating techniques yield consequences that most organizations would just as soon not deal with.
- After all, he delivers oil to you and would just as soon keep doing it.
- And a lot of them would just as soon not get this junk e-mail.
- And they would just as soon I was not there.
- Fiercely individualistic, Texas would just as soon give back the Alamo as institute a state tax.
- He would as soon not go.
- The dismissal of such people would stir up controversy the president would just as soon avoid.
- But now, my dear fellows, let's just think about this a moment, shall we?
- I just think we can get it done.
- Just think of the businesses that take on people who are on the social.
- Just think of the economies of scale!
- Just think of those lemon groves outside my aunt's villa in Ravello.
- Just thinking about volunteer tutoring, little is known about the most basic of questions.
- Now he was trying to think of what he had just thought.
- And for those whose attention spans are trained to a short leash, it may be just the ticket.
- Humphrey and Senator Muskie were the ticket, but all that anybody remembered was Daley and his city.
- If their tours are as much fun as their zany brochure, Wild Women Adventures could be just the ticket.
- If you have a chronic condition that has made it difficult to exercise, this may be the ticket.
- They can be used as counters for they are the tickets to our mystic world.
- This bus could be just the ticket for a small family.
- This was just the ticket, I thought, sitting on my canvas chair, quietly digesting my cake.
- But they believe it's only a matter of time before the disease crosses the county boundary.
- If he hasn't already killed somebody, then it's only a matter of time.
- They think it's only a matter of time before he breaks.
- It'll be a huge success, just you wait.
- I asked them, and this is what they told me. I just wanted to know did you know any more.
- In the ambulance, I just wanted to know the damage.
- The truth of it was, as miserable as things were, I just wanted to say I had been there.
- And that's the way he is.
- And that's the way it is again this year - everybody is happy with what I am doing.
- But they think they can run everything from Detroit and that's the way the organisation is going to be restructured.
- Even the best generals sometimes lose with this army just because that's the way it is.
- For that's the way it is for the talented twosome.
- He's always been a bit on his dignity, I suppose, but that's the way he is.
- In the end Capirossi had to do the winning himself and that's the way 1991 is going to be.
- The money we got to spend - well, that's the way it is.
- And if you have to plough the field anyway, you might as well plant it at the same time.
- And we might as well get used to it and resolve to cope.
- Besides, they cost so much, you might as well get some fun out of them.
- I thought I might just as well come down to the point.
- If the traveler expects the high way to be safe and well-graded, he might as well stay at home.
- It might as well be now.
- She might as well see how the enemy behaved themselves in a place like this.
- While she was there, they might as well have added the charge of breaching the Trades Description Act.
- It's just as well I took the train today - I heard the traffic was really bad.
- Perhaps it is just as well.
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