should
/ʃəd/ noun C2- Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.
Plural shoulds
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“And why should he not have this?” asked the owner; “he is young, it is true, but he seems to me a thorough seaman, and of full experience.”
I have a son too, and I should be very wroth with those who detained him from me after a three months’ voyage.”
“But tell me, Dantès, if you had command of the Pharaon should you be glad to see Danglars remain?”
“For,” he said, “if I should get caught in the rain, and rust again, I would need the oil-can badly.”
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