Meaning
It is sufficient; used to indicate that something meets requirements or ends an action.
Primary Function
Indicating sufficiency / stopping
Communicative Purpose
To convey that enough has been done or achieved, often with a casual or mildly admonishing tone.
Pattern
That'll do
Core Structure
That'll do
Função primária
Indicating sufficiency / stopping
Propósito comunicativo
To convey that enough has been done or achieved, often with a casual or mildly admonishing tone.
Situações de gatilho
When someone finishes preparing food quickly, when noise stops after a child’s activity, or when a teacher tells students to stop talking.
Contextos
Everyday informal settings such as home cooking, classroom discipline, and casual conversations among peers.
Padrão
That'll do
Estrutura central
That'll do
Slots de substituição
No substitutions available
Colocados típicos
- nicely
- for now
Substituições comuns
- That's enough
- That'll suffice (formal)
- Good enough
Erros comuns
Misusing with ‘to’ or over-emphasizing the exclamation without context.
Similar / contraste
That's enough, That will suffice
Interferências
‘Do’ here means ‘be sufficient/acceptable’, not a request to perform an action.
Família do chunk
- That'll do nicely
- That'll be enough
Nuance
Can sound friendly/approving when followed by ‘nicely’ or admonishing when paired with a stern tone.
Efeito pragmático
Signals closure of an activity and acceptance of current outcome, often used in informal social settings.
Dica de memória
Enough / satisfactory
Nota
Chunk often used in informal contexts to signal satisfaction or to stop an action.
Upgrade path
That will suffice, I think that covers it
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