Too vs. Enough

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Too vs. Enough
Question: Pedro, can you put this piano in your pocket, please?
Answer: No, I can’t.
Question: Why not?
Answer: Because it’s too big for my pocket.

Question: Pedro, can you put this piano in your pocket, please? Answer: No, I can’t.
Question: Why not?
Answer: Because my pocket is too small for the piano.

Question: Pedro, can you put this piano in your pocket, please? Answer: No, I can’t.
Question: Why not?
Answer:Because my pocket isn’t big enough to accommodate the piano.

Question: Pedro, can you put this piano in your pocket, please?
Answer: No, I can’t.
Question: Why not?
Answer: Because the piano isn’t small enough to fit in my pocket.

Too = demasiado (precede adjetivos o adverbios)

Si se trata de sustantivos: too much + singular or too many + plural.
------------------------------(I have too much flour) (I have too many flowers)

Enough = bastante, lo suficiente, lo suficientemente

“Enough” va delante de los sustantivos y después de los adjetivos o adverbios.

I don’t have enough money.
-----------------------(noun)

I’m not rich enough.
------------(adjective)

I don’t have enough money to buy a Rolls Royce. I’m not rich enough. A Rolls Royce is simply too expensive for my budget. It costs too much and if I bought it, I would have too many financial problems.

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Key learning:	Se usa “until” para decir “hasta” con un punto en el tiempo (día, mes etc). Para un periodo de tiempo: “up to”.
One expression:	Si no puedes con ellos, únete a ellos. If you can’t beat them, join them.
One phrasal verb:	To stay out of - No meterse en Stay out of trouble! ¡No te metas en líos!
One adjective:	Heaving - Atestado de gente It was absolutely heaving on the train this morning.

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Still, Yet, Already, Anymore

No hemos empezado todavía.
Todavía estamos esperando.
¿Has comido ya?
Ya he comido.
No he comido todavía.
¿Has terminado el informe ya?
No lo he terminado todavía.
Ya lo he terminado.
Todavía estoy trabajando en ello.
Ya no estoy trabajando en ello.
Ya no salgo con ella.

We haven’t started yet.
We’re still waiting.
Have you eaten yet?
I’ve already eaten.
I haven’t eaten yet.
Have you finished the report yet?
I haven’t finished it yet.
I’ve already finished it.
I’m still working on it.
I’m not working on it anymore.
I’m not going out with her anymore.

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