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57 is interesting.
The word JUST.
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It's either an adjective or an adverb,
and those are both content words,
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so it will generally be stressed.
And for the most part,
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we don't reduce stressed words.
They're important.
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We only reduce and say quickly
the words that are a little less important --
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the function words.
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But, this word is interesting because it has a T,
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and T has its own set of funny rules.
If you've seen many of my videos,
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you know them.
I talk about the T pronunciations a lot.
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If the t comes between two consonants,
we often drop that T.
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Well, that's a reduction.
Let me show you what I mean.
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When the word just is followed by a word
that starts with a consonant,
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there's a good chance that a native speaker
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will drop the T and just say,
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jus, jus,
instead of "just".
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