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His shoes are too big for him .
There is too m uch sugar in it.
too + adjective / a d ver b (too big / too hard etc.)
Can you turn the radio down?
Its too loud. (= louder than I w an t)
I can't w o rk. I'm too tired.
Q I t hink you w o rk too hard.
too m uch / too m any = m ore than you w ant, m ore than is good:
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I don't like the w eather here. There is too m uch rain. (= m ore rain than is good)
Let's go to another restaurant. There are too m any people here.
O Em ily studies all the tim e. I t hink she studies too m uch.
Traffic is a problem in this town. There are too m any cars.
Co m p are too and not enough:
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too big
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The hat is too big for him .
The m usic is too loud. Can you turn it down, please?
There's too m uch sugar in m y coffee.
(= m ore sugar than I w an t)
I don't feel very well. I ate too m uch.
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not big enough
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The hat isn't big enough for him . (= it's too sm all)
The music isn't loud enough. Can you turn it up, please?
There's not enough sugar in m y coffee.
(= I need m ore sugar)
You're very thin. You don't eat enough.
W e say:
t o o ... for som eb o d y/ so m ething
These shoes are too big for me.
O It's a sm all house - too sm all for a large
family.
too ... to do som ething
too ... for som eb o d y to do som ething
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I'm too tired to go o ut. (n o t for go o ut)
It's too cold to sit outside.
She speaks too fast for me to understand.
194 [ t o ... and for ... ^ Unit 54 m uch/ m any Unit 83 enough ^ Unit 91