In this mini episode, you will learn the common and useful phrase “sure enough.”
Episode 377 of the Everybody ESL podcast is a mini episode that teaches you the common and useful phrase “sure enough.” Send your questions about English and your comments and suggestions to EverybodyESL@gmail.com! (And let me know if you’d like to record the introduction to a future episode.)
Intro
“Hi, everyone! This is Mohadeseh, from Iran. And you’re listening to Everybody ESL.”
Welcome to episode 377 of Everybody ESL, the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English, practice their English, or just learn more English. My name is Ben, and I have a mini episode for you today, where I am going to teach you about one English topic. You can subscribe to the Everybody ESL podcast at Apple podcasts and wherever you find your podcasts. If you like Everybody ESL, leave it a good review so other people can find out about it too. And if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for me, please send an email to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. Okay! Let’s get on with this mini episode.
The episode
In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting phrase. And that phrase is “sure enough.” Sure enough. That is spelled s-u-r-e, e-n-o-u-g-h. Sure enough.
What does “sure enough” mean, and how do we use it? “Sure enough” is a phrase that we use to introduce certain kinds of statements. Okay, well, what kind of statements?
When we want to say that something happened just like we predicted that it would happen, or if we want to say that something happened just like we expected, or if we want to say that something happened the way that we said it would happen, or the way other people said it would happen, we can use this expression, “sure enough.”
I think that might sound very complicated, but it really isn’t. And I think you will understand when I give you this example:
Let’s say that there is an important basketball game coming up. And I am telling everyone—I am telling all of my friends, and I am telling anyone who will listen—that I think my favorite team will win this game.
This is what I’m telling everybody, anybody who will listen. I am saying, “I’m telling you: my favorite team will win. They have all of the best players, and they will definitely win.” This is my prediction. This is what I expect. My favorite team will win.
Now imagine that the game is over, the game is finished, and my favorite team did win! My favorite team won the game.
Now, when I want to describe this game, or tell you what happened, I can say something like this:
“The game just finished a few minutes ago, and sure enough, my favorite team won.”
So there, you can see that phrase, “sure enough.” I said, “and sure enough, my favorite team won.”
What does that mean? Why did I say, “sure enough”? I said “sure enough” because that phrase means “just like I expected,” or “just like I predicted, just like I told you,” or “just like other people said.”
When I say, “and sure enough, my favorite team won the game,” I’m saying, “Mm-hm? See? This is what I said. This is what I predicted. I’m not surprised. It’s no surprise at all. I thought that this would happen.”
That is how we use this phrase, “sure enough.” It means, “Yes, this happened the same way I predicted, or the same way I expected. This confirms my prediction or my expectation.”
And that is “sure enough,” a very common and useful phrase that I think you should know.
Outro
This is the end of episode 377 of Everybody ESL. Remember: if you have questions about English, or if you have comments for me, or if you would like to record an introduction that I can play at the beginning of future episodes—the same way Mohadeseh recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode—send an email to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. I’ll be back soon with a new episode. And until then, keep going, keep practicing, and keep learning. I’ll see you soon. Goodbye!