Usos do Just

Question 1

Usos da Palavra Just

Answer 1

Question 2

Could just

Answer 2

You could just make out the top of the Duomo from our window”. What is the function of “just”? Is it necessary or not?

• ‘Just’ is an adverb in this context. It means ‘barely’ or ‘by a small margin’. It’s necessary, depending on what you are trying to say. If you only want to say that you could make out the Duomo from the window, then ‘just’ is not necessary. If you also want to convey how difficult it was to make it out, ‘just’ adds that little bit of information.*
• He could just make out the bright lights of the football stadim through the mists tha hung over the eastern edge of the ridge in the distance.