determiner Flashcards
enough
1.used before plural or uncountable nouns to mean ‘as many or as much as somebody needs or wants’
SYNONYM sufficient
Have you made enough copies?
Is there enough room for me?
I didn’t have enough clothes to last a week.
Don’t ask me to do it. I’ve got enough problems as it is.
(old-fashioned) There was food enough for all.
sufficent(adj) /səˈfɪʃnt/ insufficient
1.enough for a particular purpose; as much as you need
Allow sufficient time to get there.
One dose should be sufficient.
sufficient to do something These reasons are not sufficient to justify the ban.
Our budget is hardly sufficient to pay people, let alone buy any new equipment.
sufficient for something/somebody Is £100 sufficient for your expenses?
The salary proved sufficient for his needs.
ALL
1.used with singular nouns showing something has been happening for a whole period of time
He’s worked hard all year.
She was unemployed for all that time.
2.the greatest possible
In all honesty (= being as honest as I can), I can’t agree.
3.consisting or appearing to consist of one thing only
The magazine was all advertisements.
She was all smiles (= smiling a lot).
4.any whatever
He denied all knowledge of the crime
*and all that (jazz, rubbish, stuff, etc.)
(informal) and other similar things
I’m bored by history—dates and battles and all that stuff.
*for all
despite
For all its clarity of style, the book is not easy reading.
used to say that something is not important or of no interest or value to you/somebody
For all I know she’s still living in Boston.
You can do what you like, for all I care.
For all the good it’s done we might as well not have bothered.
*not all that good, well, etc.
not particularly good, well, etc.
He doesn’t sing all that well.
*not as bad(ly), etc. as all that
not as much as has been suggested
They’re not as rich as all that.
We didn’t play particularly well, but we didn’t do as badly as all that.
*of all the…
(informal) used to express anger
I’ve locked myself out. Of all the stupid things to do!
*of all people, things, etc.
(informal) used to express surprise because somebody/something seems the least likely person, example, etc.
I didn’t think you, of all people, would become a vegetarian.
*on/from all sides | on/from every side
in or from all directions; everywhere
We realized we were surrounded on all sides.
Disaster threatens on every side.
She was bombarded with questions from all sides.
