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The jury decided that the woman was guilty of killing her husband.

jUSt1Ф/ d₃Ast / adverb

exactly

This jacket is just my size.

You're just in time .

She looks just like her mother.

a very short time before I just heard the news.

Jim isn't here — he just went out.

at this or that moment; now or very soon I'm just going to make some coffee.

She called just as I was going to bed.

a word that makes what you say stronger Just look at that funny little dog!

only

It's just a small gift. just about

( informal )

almost; very nearly

I've met just about everyone.

just a minute ; just a moment

used for asking someone to wait for a short time Just a moment — there's someone at the door.

just 2 / 1злб: / adjective

fair and right a just punishment

—ANTONYM unjust

jus • tice / ' d3Astas / noun

[ noncount ] treatment of people in a fair way the struggle for justice

—ANTONYM injustice

[ noncount ] the law the criminal justice system

[ count ] a judge in an important court of law a Supreme Court justice

jus • ti • fi • ca • tion |aWl| / ^Astafa ' keijn /

noun [ count, noncount ]

a good reason for doing something There's no justification for firing him.

jus • ti • fy AW Щ / ' d3Astafai / verb (jus . ti jus - ti - fy - ing , jus - ti - fied , has jus - ti - fied )

to give or be a good reason for something Can you justify what you did?

ju • ve • nile / d3uvanail ; d3uvanl / adjective ( formal )

connected with young people who are not yet adults juvenile crime

►ju • ve • nile noun [ count ]

Kk

K, k / kei / noun [ count, noncount ]

( plural K's, k's / keiz / )

the eleventh letter of the English alphabet

"King" begins with a "K"

kan • ga • roo / |k®gga ' ru /

noun [ count ] ( plural kan - ga - roos )

an Australian animal that jumps on its strong back legs and carries its babies in a pocket on its front

ka • ra • te / ka ' rati / noun [noncount]

( sports ) a Japanese sport where people fight with their

hands and feet

kay • ak

/ ' kairek / noun [count]

- fies

a light narrow boat for one person, which you move through the water using a piece of wood with a flat part at each end (called a paddle )

keen / kin / adjective ( keen er,keen - est)

very good or strong keen eyesight

wanting to do something

Mike was keen to go out, but I wanted to stay at home.

keep © / kip / verb ( keeps , keep ing , kept / kept / has kept )

to continue to have something

You can keep that book — I don't need it.

to stay in a particular state or condition We tried to keep warm .

to make someone or something stay in a particular state or condition

Keep this door closed.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting .

to put or store something in a particular place Where do you keep the coffee?

to continue doing something; to do something many times

Keep driving until you see the gas station, then turn left. She keeps forgetting my name.

to do what you promised or arranged I always keep my promises.

Can you keep a secret?

to stay fresh

Will this fish keep until tomorrow?

keep away from someone or something to not go

near someone or something

Keep away from the river, children.

keep someone from doing something to stop

someone from doing something

You can't keep me from going out!

keep going to continue