adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appropriately enough (= used to emphasize that something is very appropriate )
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The painters met, appropriately enough , in an art gallery .
barely enough
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Mary had barely enough money to live on.
be lucky enough to do sth (= have the good luck to do sth )
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I was lucky enough to be selected for the school team.
be old enough to do sth
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You’re old enough to help with the cooking.
easily enough
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We found the house easily enough .
enough/sufficient courage
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Harry plucked up enough courage to ask her out.
enough/sufficient detail
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The party was criticized for not giving sufficient detail about their proposed tax changes.
fortunate enough
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I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at Stanford.
go far enough (= did not have a big enough effect, so that more needed to be done )
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Many people felt that the new law did not go far enough .
good enough
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His qualifications aren’t good enough .
got enough to worry about (= she already has a lot of problems or is very busy )
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Don’t tell Mum about this – she’s got enough to worry about .
have enough/plenty etc to eat
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Have you had enough to eat?
Interestingly enough
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Interestingly enough , Pearson made no attempt to deny the rumour.
just enough (= enough but not more than enough )
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She was earning just enough money to live on .
leave well (enough) alone (= not change something that is satisfactory )
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In economic matters, they should leave well alone.
long enough
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The cable is not quite long enough .
man enough (= strong or brave enough )
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He wasn’t man enough to face up to his responsibilities.
mature enough
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We’re mature enough to disagree on this issue but still respect each other.
Naturally enough
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Naturally enough , she wanted her child to grow up fit and strong.
near enough
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His story was near enough the truth for people to believe it.
not nearly enough
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We’ve saved some money, but it’s not nearly enough .
nothing like enough
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This will be nothing like enough money.
often enough (= a lot of times )
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Robin is a difficult child; you’ve said so yourself often enough .
quite enough
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I think you’ve had quite enough to drink already!
reasonable enough (= fairly reasonable )
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It was a reasonable enough question.
sb is old enough to be sb’s mother/father (= used when you think that someone is much too old to be having a relationship with another person )
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Why would she want to go out with someone who was old enough to be her father?
sb is old enough to know better (= used when you think someone should behave more sensibly )
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He’s old enough to know better, but he went and did it anyway!
soon enough (= fairly soon )
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‘Who?’ ‘You’ll find out soon enough .’
Strangely enough
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Strangely enough , I wasn’t that disappointed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as like as not/like enough
enough/plenty to go around
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Plenty enough to go around for any city.
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There are community therapists, but not enough to go around.
fair enough
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"I'll trade you my tennis racket for your skates." "Okay, fair enough."
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And the price you paid seems to be fair enough - even taking the bad news into account.
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But, you know, that's fair enough.
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Cuntonas rating is also fair enough.
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However, it seemed fair enough to start the climb in the hope of an improvement.
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If it's in your blood, your ancestry, then I think that is fair enough.
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Its results can be fair enough.
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This is fair enough, but do check before you buy.
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Which was fair enough comment at the time.
funnily enough
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But an architect friend offered me premises in Portland Mews, funnily enough just around the corner from our new gallery.
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Harriet had gone straight into property after her A's and left home, funnily enough, before she did.
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Many like steel, glass and paper can be re-used, and funnily enough it is cheaper the second time around.
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Rory went back to live in London that winter, and ended up - funnily enough - living in a squat.
give sb enough rope to hang themselves
give sb some/enough etc rope
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You gave me enough rope for eighteen months, and now ... He gripped the back of the chair in front of him.
have a lot/enough on your plate
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Beckham may have enough on his plate attempting to recapture his early-season form without being burdened with any extra responsibilities.
it's bad enough ...
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It's bad enough being paranoid, let alone telling everyone about it.
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It's bad enough being stuck in here without our not getting on as well.
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It's bad enough for me, imagine living abroad.
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It's bad enough having a seriously ill child without all having to be split up.
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It's bad enough looking through the new sections and the main articles and seeing nothing mentioned less than E4, 6b.
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It's bad enough now, but it must have been really something when it was occupied.
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It's bad enough that Timothy's mooning over her like a schoolboy, wet behind the ears.
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It's bad enough trying to fly with unequal line lengths; having an asymmetric kite can be most frustrating!
near enough
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At noon they saw it; then they were near enough to hear it.
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Filmer had been sitting with his back to me, it was true, but near enough to overhear.
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He is near enough to hear them calling, the words bounced and steered and elongated by the contours of the land.
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Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries, but both are near enough to fitness and form.
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No one was near enough to accost her or wonder about her presence.
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The Trojans were almost near enough to set the ships on fire.
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When he saw me, he leaned on his shovel until I was near enough to shake hands.
once is/was enough
plenty big/fast/warm etc enough
screw up the/enough courage to do sth
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But Janice's fear was so great she struggled through two more migraines before screwing up enough courage to try the injection.
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I eventually screwed up the courage to write to Richardson, pretending to be a drama student wanting advice.
sure enough
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Sure enough, Mike managed to get lost.
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And sure enough, the signatures did look personalized.
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And sure enough, there it was once more, evidence of how smart they were.
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And sure enough, there was Thomas in the reading corner, soundlessly turning blue and clutching at his throat.
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But, sure enough, when Swansea's money ran out, so did the players.
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There, sure enough, was a neatly shod foot, and a hand just visible close to it.
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This also predates the advent of the 486 and, sure enough, it gets the identity wrong too.
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Well, sure enough, it turns out that Terra Nova is really only pseudo-new.
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When X-rays were taken there sure enough was a needle.
that's/it's not good enough
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Voice over John and Vicki Strong say that's not good enough.
there's not enough room to swing a cat
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
would you be good enough to do sth?
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Would you be good enough to get my glasses for me?
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Would you be good enough to re-advise me of your full address so that I can send the documents to you?
would you be kind enough to do sth/be so kind as to do sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's getting late, and you two have talked enough for one day.
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Raphael is probably the only one crazy enough to try it.
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She's nice enough when I see her, but I don't think she really likes me.
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The pole was just long enough to reach the top window.
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The sled is big enough for three children to ride on it safely.
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Will that box be strong enough ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bob worked the crank machine, to get the dough thin enough .
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I have failed to heal him with my compliance; all my efforts have not been good enough .
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Might it prove wide enough to sink Bob Dole too?
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Now, off you go, you have kept him waiting long enough .
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On the third day, I am strong enough to wash and do my laundry.
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The gain will be large enough , however, to hold the unemployment rate steady at 5. 6 percent.
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When the rested section was robust enough , it would be re-opened and another section closed, and so on.