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enough: enough [{{t}}ɪ'nʌf]

assez de ⇒ 1 assez ⇒ 2, 3 suffisamment ⇒ 3(a)

1 adjective

assez de;

∎ enough money assez ou suffisamment d'argent;

∎ do you have enough money to pay? avez-vous de quoi payer?;

∎ are there enough copies for all the children? y a-t-il assez ou suffisamment d'exemplaires pour tous les enfants?;

∎ you've had more than enough wine tu as bu plus qu'assez de vin;

∎ the report is proof enough le rapport est une preuve suffisante;

∎ she's not fool enough to believe that! elle n'est pas assez bête pour le croire!

2 pronoun

assez;

∎ do you need some money? - I've got enough avez-vous besoin d'argent? - j'en ai assez ou suffisamment;

∎ will this be enough? est-ce que ça suffira?;

∎ we earn enough to live on nous gagnons de quoi vivre;

∎ there's enough for everybody il y en a assez pour tout le monde;

∎ enough/not enough is known for us to be able to make a prediction on en sait assez/on n'en sait pas assez pour faire une prévision;

∎ not enough of us are here to take a vote on n'est pas assez nombreux pour voter;

∎ he's had enough to eat il a assez mangé;

∎ more than enough plus qu'il n'en faut;

∎ there was more than enough il y en avait largement;

∎ enough is enough! ça suffit comme ça!, trop c'est trop!;

∎ after five years he decided that enough was enough and resigned après cinq ans il en eut assez et donna sa démission;

∎ enough is as good as a feast mieux vaut assez que trop;

∎ {{}}familiar{{}} enough said! je vois!;

∎ that's enough! ça suffit!;

∎ it's enough to drive you mad c'est à vous rendre fou;

∎ I can't get enough of his films je ne me lasse jamais de ses films;

∎ to have had enough (of sth) en avoir assez (de qch);

∎ she's had enough of working late elle en a assez de travailler tard le soir

3 adverb

(a) (sufficiently) assez, suffisamment;

∎ he's old enough to understand il est assez grand pour comprendre;

∎ it's a good enough reason c'est une raison suffisante;

∎ you know well enough what I mean vous savez très bien ce que je veux dire;

∎ fair enough! ça va!, d'accord!

(b) (fairly) assez;

∎ to do sth well enough faire qch passablement bien;

∎ she's honest enough elle est assez honnête;

∎ it's good enough in its own way ce n'est pas mal dans le genre

(c) (with adverb)

∎ oddly or strangely enough, nobody knows her chose curieuse, personne ne la connaît

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