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Enough & Too

Enough의 위치는 동사, 부사 뒤 및 명사 앞

He didn't get the job because he wan't experienced enough.

= He didn't get the job because he didn't have enough experience.

= He wasn't experienced enough for the job.

= He wasn't experienced enough to do the job.

- 명사 앞

: Do you have enough money? I can lend you some if you don't.

(=I'll lend you some if you don't have enough)

: Some of us had to sit the floor because there weren't enough chairs.

- 부사 앞

You won't pass the exam if you don't study hard enough

They can get married. They're old enough.

-> She's not old enough to get married.(= She is too young to get married)

* too hard, too old(ex: you never stop working. you work too hard)

cf) too much / too many

- We can't take a vacation. It costs too much(money)

- There are too many people and not enough chairs. (= There weren't enough chairs for everyone to sit down).

- Too ~ to: 너무 ~해서 ... 할 수 없다.

: The food was very hot. We couldn't eat it.

The food was so hot that we couldn't eat it.

The food was too hot to eat(without it).

: The wallet was too big to put in my pocket.

: These boxes are too heavy to carry.

: The water wan't clean enough to swim in.

- enough / too ... for somebody/something~

: I have enough money for a vacation, but I don't have enough time.

: This shirt is too big for me. I need a smaller one.

: Do you have enough money to take a vacation right now?

: Let's get a taxi. It's too far to walk home from here.'

: They spoke too quickly for us to understand.


Three people can't sit on this sofa. It isn't wide enough.

=> This sofa is too wide for three people to sit on.

You can't see some things without a microscope. They are too small.

=> Some thing are too small to see without a microscope.

We couldn't climb over the wall. It was too high.

=> The wall was too high to climb.

I can't explain the situation. It is too complicated.

=> The situation is too complicated to explain.





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