Hey there.
So you click the video by watching the thumbnail.
Correct.
What did the thumbnail say?
It said advanced uses of enough.
Well, you are probably thinking that, you know what the word enough means.
I mean, we all know that enough means sufficient, but let me tell
you that you do not know some really advanced ways to use this.
Now, why am I saying this is because if you stay with me until this, the
end of this video, I can guarantee that you will end up learning
this word in a very different way.
Let me tell you that the reason I know advanced English is because
I take a word and I learn to use it in so many different ways.
But now it's your chance to do that.
Okay.
So if you are giving your Isles test, if you are going to speak in the speaking
module or even giving your writing test a Cambridge exam, or, you know, the Isles
writing module, you don't wanna miss this.
You are going to learn this word enough and open new possibilities
to use this word in so many ways.
Okay.
So let's get to it the first way to use enough.
Or the advanced way to use enough is to say that.
Something is funnily enough, strangely enough, or oddly enough.
Well, let me tell you that these phrases are like the beginning of a
statement, but why do you use them?
There is a reason it does not mean sufficient.
Okay.
It does not mean that.
What does it really mean?
It means that you are talking about something which is surprising, but.
Which means that it is something you did not expect.
So you see the word enough by itself only means sufficient.
We all know that, but when I pair it with the words suddenly.
Strangely and oddly to give the, these amazing phrases, like
funnily enough, strangely enough.
And oddly enough, what happens, the meaning changes together.
Right?
So let's look at it in a sentence.
Funnily enough.
I was thinking a few when you called.
So what it really means is that.
I was surprised that you called, but it's true that you called.
In other words, I can use funnily enough to show my surprise when something
happens, because I did not expect it.
Okay.
Now I can also use this other phrase strangely enough, by saying
strangely enough, he got an, a.
Even though he hardly studied for the test.
Now, a lot of us like, at least I'm that way.
I don't expect to get an, a, anything.
Okay.
I was never good at studies, but sometimes it's true.
I'm surprised when I get an a, which happens like just one or two
times, but I'm surprised, right.
Or I can use oddly enough.
She wasn't offended by his insults.
Okay.
Who was not normally offended by insults everybody is, but oddly
enough, which means we didn't expect her to not be offended.
Okay.
So we were surprised, but it's true that she was not offended by his insults.
Okay.
Now, when you are giving your aisles writing test or your speaking module,
you're talking in your speaking module, you wanna use these phrases
when you're trying to talk about experiences, what really happened?
Okay.
So why don't you do this?
Hit the pause button and right now, why don't you make a statement right
now using any one of these phrase?
Come on.
I wanna see if you can really make a good statement.
Think about giving the iOS test or just a normal sentence for everyday use.
Let me now go to another way or another use of enough, which is near enough.
So why don't we use near enough?
Because it basically means.
Almost now almost is not 100%.
Okay.
So not good math.
Okay.
But let's say if I had 10 apples and if someone ate nine apples, They ate
almost all of the apples, but they did not eat like all the 10 apples.
Does that make sense?
Well, that really that's really what I'm trying to say that near enough
means almost almost everything.
Okay.
But not the total thing.
So in a sentence you could say they are near enough, the same age, which means me.
And let's say in the haka, we're near enough, the same age.
Okay.
So I may be 30 and she may be 20.
So we are near enough, the same age, not the exact age, just a little
bit, you know, a little difference.
Okay.
Or you could say it is near enough, an exact copy of the iPhone.
Okay.
So some iPhones, they kind of look, we all know how an iPhone looks,
but there are some phones which look almost, they have all the features
or at least 90% of the features, which means they are near enough.
They're almost.
But not completely.
They don't completely look like the iPhone.
All right.
Then I have another advanced use of enough.
So stay tuned.
Don't go anywhere it get, it gets better.
Okay.
So you can say nowhere enough, nowhere enough.
Or you could say not nearly enough.
Okay.
Was that a tongue twister?
Let's try it again.
You could say nowhere enough or not nearly enough.
What does this mean?
Is it enough?
Let's have a look.
It basically means when something is less than what you need.
Oh, let's say you need 10 pieces of something to bake a cake, but you
only have three pieces, not enough.
Right?
So that's, when you say this is nowhere enough.
So I can say they have nowhere enough money to plan such a lavish wedding.
Right.
So they don't have, they have nowhere enough compared to what they.
Or you could say there are not nearly enough resources
to run such a huge project.
That's true.
Sometimes you have a huge project, but you need enough resources, but
if you have a lot less than what you need, There's a huge gap, then you
say, well, there are not nearly enough resources to run such a huge project.
Now, this kind of a phrase, these phrases take some time to adjust,
to take some time to master.
So go ahead and put in your comments with your own sentences right now.
Okay.
Let me see how you're doing.
I will personally comment on those phrases.
Okay.
Uh, we've got another one, which.
Sure enough.
Okay.
The word sure.
Should kind of give you a hint about what this could possibly mean.
Right?
Sure.
Means you know exactly what it is.
So sure enough means something that is unexpected lines, which means
you expect something to happen.
You know, it's gonna happen.
Right.
So you can say, I had a feeling that he'd show up at the last moment and sure
enough, he did, which means as expected.
It's another way of saying and as expected he did, or you could say the
manager told us that he'd find our last phone in the lobby and sure enough.
And as expected he did, which means we were sure.
We knew it's gonna happen.
We expected it to happen.
Okay.
All right.
Then let's have a look at another way to use enough, which is true enough.
Okay.
I like this phrase because true basically means that something is accurate.
Right.
So when do we use it?
We use it.
When we wanna say that something is fairly correct or fairly accurate.
Okay.
In a sentence, I can say it's true enough that she was unhappy with her job.
Okay.
It's correct.
We know that this is a fact.
Okay.
So we were talking about facts.
Okay.
So it is a fact that she was not happy with her job, but we did not
expect her to leave without notice.
Okay.
So whenever you're talking about facts, you can say it's true enough.
She was unhappy or it's true enough that we wanted to go on vacation,
but we, we couldn't because we were, we had a lot of work to do.
Okay.
So that's how you use this phrase.
How about using fair enough now, when do we use fair enough?
We are using it to show that we have obviously understood.
Why someone or somebody said something, but wait a minute, this is not a sentence.
This is going to be a response.
Okay.
So normally we use the other phrases that you saw or a part of a sentence.
This is just a phrase used by itself in response to what someone said.
Because you are responding to tell them that, Hey, I understand, I understand
why you're saying what you're saying.
Let's see an example.
I can't come to the party I'm working late.
So someone has, has told me, you know what, SEMA, I'm sorry,
I can't come to the party.
I'm working late.
So I am responding by saying fair enough.
Why?
Because it shows that I obviously understand.
Why you are saying what you're saying.
I understand that you are saying that you cannot come to the party
because you're working late.
You can't do it.
You just, you're not gonna be there.
That's fine.
Let's look.
Another example.
I think we should take turns to pay our room rent.
Okay.
Two people share a room and one of them says, Hey, why
don't we share the room rent?
We'll take our turns.
You pay this month.
I'll pay the other the next month.
And the other one.
Hey fair enough.
Which means I obviously understand why you're saying this.
Okay.
So this is a really good phrase to show that you understand the other person's,
um, you know, statement, you understand why you're saying what you're saying?
And you're basically a person who likes to cooperate, right?
So these are the many different uses of the word enough.
Have I convinced you that if you use one word in so many
different ways, your English will.
Well, I have, I hope you are convinced.
I know you are convinced, and that is why I want all of you
to put in your comments below.
Okay.
I want you to tell me how you are gonna use each of these phrases.
Like I said, I wanna personally check them, correct them
and give you my feedback.
So keep practicing enough of the word enough.