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I've Just Finished — Present Perfect with Just/Still/Yet

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In this lesson

You are learning present perfect with just/still/yet: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (present perfect with just, still, and yet), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Russ & Daughters, Lower East Side, Sunday brunch

Brunch at Russ & Daughters

It's Sunday morning and the line at Russ & Daughters stretches down the block. This appetizing store has been here since 1914, and the neighborhood has changed around it, but the lox is still the same. I've just arrived and I'm already starving.

Inside, the display case is stunning: smoked salmon, whitefish salad, pickled herring, cream cheeses in every flavor. I still haven't decided what to order. There are too many choices. The woman behind the counter has probably heard 'I don't know yet' a thousand times today.

My friend Kenji has just texted — he's running late. He still hasn't left his apartment. Typical Sunday. I go ahead and order: a classic bagel with lox, cream cheese, capers, and onion. The works.

Kenji arrives just as my order is ready. 'Have you ordered for me yet?' he asks. 'Not yet,' I say. He hasn't even looked at the menu. He stares at the case. 'I've just realized I want everything.'