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  • 31should */*/*/ — UK [ʃʊd] / US modal verb Summary: Should is usually followed by an infinitive without to : You should eat more fresh fruit. Sometimes should is used without a following infinitive: I don t always do everything I should. Should does not change its …

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  • 32should — [[t]ʃəd, STRONG ʃʊd[/t]] ♦ (Should is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb.) 1) MODAL You use should when you are saying what would be the right thing to do or the right state for something to be in. I should exercise more... The …

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  • 33should — strong /SUd/ modal verb negative short form shouldn t 1 used to show that something is the best thing to do because it is morally right, fair, honest etc: He should learn to be more polite. | What you should have done is call the police. | I have …

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  • 34should*/*/*/ — [ʃʊd] modal verb summary: ■ Should is usually followed by an infinitive without ‘to : You should eat more fresh fruit. Sometimes it is used without a following infinitive: I don t always do everything I should. ■ Should has no tenses, no… …

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  • 35Should I Stay or Should I Go — Infobox Single Name = Should I Stay or Should I Go Artist = The Clash from Album = Combat Rock B side = Inoculated City Released = Start date|1982|6|10 Format = 7 single, cassette tape Genre = Punk rock, pop punk Length = 3:06 Label = Epic 14… …

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  • 36should — /shood/, auxiliary v. 1. pt. of shall. 2. (used to express condition): Were he to arrive, I should be pleased. 3. must; ought (used to indicate duty, propriety, or expediency): You should not do that. 4. would (used to make a statement less… …

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  • 37should — /ʃʊd / (say shood) verb (modal) 1. (indicating obligation): I should visit my parents; you should show more tolerance. 2. (indicating advisability): you should lock the car door when you get out; he should have checked before starting. 3.… …

  • 38SHOULD — v.aux. (3rd sing. should) past of SHALL, used esp.: 1 in reported speech, esp. with the reported element in the 1st person (I said I should be home by evening). Usage: Cf. WILL(1), WOULD, now more common in this sense, esp. to avoid implications… …

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  • 39should — [[t]ʃʊd[/t]] auxiliary v. 1) fun pt. of shall 2) fun (used to indicate duty, propriety, or expediency): You should not do that[/ex] 3) fun (used to express condition): Were he to arrive, I should be pleased[/ex] 4) fun (used to make a statement… …

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  • 40should — verbal auxiliary, past of shall Etymology: Middle English sholde, from Old English sceolde owed, was obliged to, ought to Date: before 12th century 1. used in auxiliary function to express condition < if he should leave his father, his father&#8230; …

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