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What does 'just about' mean?



 
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What does 'just about' mean? #1 (permalink) Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:11 am   What does 'just about' mean?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #187 "Idioms and expressions with 'just': 'just about', 'just before'", question 9

The bill that Congress has produced is monstrous in ......... every way.

(a) just then
(b) just as
(c) just over
(d) just about

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #187 "Idioms and expressions with 'just': 'just about', 'just before'", answer 9

The bill that Congress has produced is monstrous in just about every way.

Correct answer: (d) just about
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What does 'just about' mean? #2 (permalink) Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:31 am   What does 'just about' mean?
 

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just about = almost
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