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Should
ʃʊd
- used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions
"he should have been careful"
ought to should- indicating a desirable or expected state
"by now pupils should be able to read with a large degree of independence"
- used to give or ask advice or suggestions
"you should go back to bed"
- used to give advice
"I should hold out if I were you"
- used to indicate what is probable
"£348 m should be enough to buy him out"
- (expressing the conditional mood) referring to a possible event or situation
"if you should change your mind, I'll be at the hotel"
- (in the first person) indicating the consequence of an imagined event
"if I were to obey my first impulse, I should spend my days writing letters"
- used in a clause with ‘that’ after a main clause describing feelings
"it is astonishing that we should find violence here"
- used in a clause with ‘that’ expressing purpose
"in order that training should be effective it must be planned systematically"
- (in the first person) expressing a polite request or acceptance
"I should like some more, if I may"
- (in the first person) expressing a conjecture or hope
"he'll have a sore head, I should imagine"
- used to emphasize to a listener how striking an event is or was
"you should have seen Marge's face"
- emphasizing how surprising an event was
"I was in this shop when who should I see across the street but Tobias"