just
You use just to say that something happened a very short time ago. British speakers usually use the present perfect with just. For example, they say ‘I’ve just arrived'.
I've just bought a new house.
American speakers usually use the past simple. Instead of saying ‘I’ve just arrived', they say ‘I just arrived’.
His wife just died.
I just broke the pink bowl.
Some British speakers also use the past simple, but in Britain this use is usually regarded as incorrect.
Be careful
Don't use ‘just’ with adverbs such as partly to give the meaning ‘not completely’. Don't say, for example, ‘The job is just partly done’. You say ‘The job is only partly done’.
Don't use ‘just’ with adverbs such as partly to give the meaning ‘not completely’. Don't say, for example, ‘The job is just partly done’. You say ‘The job is only partly done’.
He was only partially successful.
The bus was only half full.