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enough

Having what is needed. I've already had enough coffee today. Are you man enough to fight me? I'm not tall enough to reach it.

enough

(= plenty) as much as necessary; ; ('plenty' is nonstandard) Have I eaten enough? I've had plenty, thanks (= adequate, decent) sufficient for the purpose an adequate income the food was adequate a decent wage enough food food enough (= sufficiency) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose enough is as good as a feast there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country

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Simple sentences

You are not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
I can't thank you enough for what you did for me.
It was obvious that the driver had not been careful enough.
You're old enough to know better.
If I had had enough money, I could have bought it.
This room is large enough.
That's enough for today.
He was thirsty enough to drink a well dry.
He didn't run fast enough to catch the train.
That's enough.
One language is never enough.
Enough already!
He who thinks he has learned enough has learned nothing.
Do you have enough food?
I don't speak French well enough!
You're not fast enough.
Any universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it.
Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.
To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
You are old enough to know this.
You're not old enough to get a driver's license.
I can't thank you enough.
You are old enough to know better.
You are now old enough to support yourself.
You are old enough to understand this.

Movie subtitles

When I look at it we can't praise you enough!
Enough to last me a lifetime.
It's enough if I just keep a low profile.
Wasn't having Zero tell us to wait here enough for you?
Why was Vasco da Gama so clearly hungry for money - hungry enough to kill for it?
Do you think that we are worthy enough to join you?
You're in enough trouble as it is!
It doesn't have enough greenhouse gases to trap in heat and it's become a cold, barren, desert world.
Hot enough to melt lead.
The key question is; how far down does the water persist beneath the surface and if you go far enough, is the pressure and temperature high enough that the water would be liquid, not in the form of ice?
And it's cold enough that the methane precipitates and drops, like raindrops, and falls out onto the surface of Titan.
The chances that two intelligent civilisations have the ability to communicate, the desire to communicate, and are around long enough to communicate makes this cosmic chat even tougher.
It was strong enough to rip it off-- rip the, like, rip its bone in half.
We don't have enough men to end this once and for all.
Haven't you had enough women?
We have enough cavalrymen.
You didn't love me enough.
I'm not rich enough.
I've had enough of Paris.
They say they don't have enough grazing fields.
Why did you become a settler? That's enough.
I've heard enough.
They're lucky enough to study in France.
We've talked enough.
Yeah, T.J.'s old enough to live here on his own.
Nick, my people have been patient long enough.
If you don't trust me enough to let me have a lock on my door, the least you can do is knock. Mom!
Nah, that's-- that's not good enough.
That ain't good enough.
One is enough.
YOU ARE NOT MEAN ENOUGH TO WORK RECEPTION. OKAY, WHERE IS IT THAT SHE'D LIKE US TO MEET?
That should give you enough torque.
I tried to get out of the way, but there wasn't enough time.
Is this enough of a downer for you?
Because 15 years isn't enough time.
And if the red giant does not have enough mass to fuse carbon, an inert mass of carbon and oxygen builds up in the center, transforming into a dense white dwarf.
Which should give us enough time for Josh, Neal and me to get the minivan back to the apartment, drop the body off, meet back here before she's done.
It's not enough to love her, we've got to fight for her.

News and current affairs

Most economists failed to foresee the economic dynamics that actually led to the crisis, because they failed to pay enough attention to the rapid increase in US total debt.
Only then will America improve its competitiveness enough to allow the government to reduce both private and public debt to sustainable levels while maintaining a respectable growth rate.
That is a real enough danger to which policymakers must give serious thought as they reform the CAP on the basis of the following five pillars.
On the other hand, financial incentives would probably succeed, because cutting down forest to create pastureland is not profitable enough to induce farmers to forego payments for protecting the land.
But this does not mean that we are morally good, or good enough.
And it is doubtful that we really care enough about others, or give enough to the less fortunate.
There was never enough land to satisfy the passionate possessiveness of all those with claims to it.
Frequently enough, it is citizens digging at the margins of the discourse - pursuing such theories - who report on news that the mainstream media ignores.
Less certain is whether he will feel secure enough to hold a presidential election (or any other kind of election) if he cannot change the constitution in a way that guarantees his continued misrule.
Fortunately, he is smart enough to know this.
Chaos theory in mathematics explains such dependency on remote and seemingly trivial initial conditions, and explains why even the extrapolation of apparently precise planetary motion becomes impossible when taken far enough into the future.
Of course, fiscal councils by themselves are not enough, no matter how well designed they are.
It would create a trade area large enough to generate both local and foreign investment.
The motion was subsequently revoked; but the fact that it was put forward at all is astonishing enough.
By building up savings over a few years, the farmers eventually become creditworthy, or have enough cash to purchase vitally necessary inputs on their own.
Yet even this growth was not enough, given previous governments' generous promises of health care and pensions - promises made even less tenable by rising life expectancy and falling birth rates.
It is by now patently obvious that austerity and domestic reforms are not enough to pull the eurozone's periphery out of deep recession.
To be viable, a state needed to be large enough to defend itself and to constitute a relatively self-contained economic market.
While none of these shocks appears to have been severe enough to have derailed the current global recovery, the combined effect is worrisome, especially in a still-weakened post-crisis world.
If Bush or his successor wants to ensure that the next round of talks fails, that will be easy enough.
The legal system, schools, and the media could bring change, but no official entity takes the problem seriously enough to initiate effective action.
Indeed, the cost of labor in Africa is competitive enough that Ethiopia could attract companies from countries as poor as Bangladesh.
However, as we saw in 2004 and 2005, exports are not enough to create substantial growth if domestic demand does not follow.

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