Timeline for What does the word "just" mean in this context?
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| Jul 16, 2020 at 14:37 | comment | added | bornfromanegg | I like this answer. Whilst the accepted answer is unarguably right, this draws attention to the fact that "just don't" as a phrase has more meaning than the individual words themselves. I would suggest that this is why it doesn't translate easily. See idiom | |
| Jul 15, 2020 at 14:59 | comment | added | curiousdannii | Exactly. In a context like this "just" is a marker of (possibly mild) frustration or exasperation. If someone adds "just don't" to the end of an instruction like "do not disturb" then you can infer that they have told people not to disturb them many times before. | |
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| Jul 14, 2020 at 15:26 | history | answered | George | CC BY-SA 4.0 |