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should

/ʃʊd/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʃʊd/
should
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short oo vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> should

Myanmar meaning

(modal) ခဲ့သင့်

Full entry

should /ʃǝd; strong form ʃƱd/ modal v (neg should not ; short form shouldn't /'ʃƱdnt/)

၁။ သင့်သည်။ You shouldn't drink and drive. ❍ We should have checked the time before we left. ❍ I shouldn't have trusted him so readily.
၂။ သင့်သည်။ ကောင်းတယ်။ Since you're so unhappy there, you should look for another job. ❍ Should I phone him and apologize? ❍ You really should go to India, it's a fantastic place. ❍ I should (ie I think you should) wait a bit longer before making a decision. ❍ (ironic ) ‘She doesn't think she'll get a job. ’‘She should worry, with all her qualifications. ’
၃။ (Brit ) (ယဉ်ကျေးဖွယ်ရာ မေတ္တာ ရပ်သည့် စကား)။ ––…နော်။ I should like to phone my lawyer. ❍ We should be grateful for your help.
၄။ (အလားအလာကို ခန့်မှန်းရာ၌ သုံးသောစကား)။ (ဖြစ်)လောက်ပါသည်၊ ကောင်းပါရဲ့။ We should arrive before dark. ❍ The roads should be less crowded today. ❍ I should have finished the book by Friday.
၅။ (မျှော်လင့်သည့်အတိုင်း မဖြစ် သည်ကိုပြသော စကား)။ သင့်သည်။ …ဖို့ကောင်းတယ်။ He should be happy, considering how successful he is. ❍ It should be snowing now according to the weather forecast. ❍ The bus should have arrived ten minutes ago.
၆။ (Brit fml ) (တစ်စုံတစ်ရာဖြစ်ခဲ့သော် အကျိုးဆက် မည်သို့ရှိမည်ဟု ဖော်ပြ သည့်စကား)။ တော့…မှာပဲ။ If I was asked to work on Sundays I should resign. Compare WOULD ၂
၇။ ခဲ့လျှင်။ ခဲ့သော်။ If you should change your mind, do let me know. ❍ Should anyone phone (ie If anyone phones), please tell them I'm busy. ❍ In case you should need any help, here's my number.
၈။ သင့်မည်နည်း။ ကောင်း မလဲ။ He asked me what time he should come. (ie He asked:‘What time shall I come?’) I said (that) I should be glad to help.
၉။ (Brit ) သင့်ကြောင်း။ I suggest that you should reconsider your position. ❍ She recommended that I should take some time off. ❍ He insisted that I should leave immediately.
၁၀။ သင့်သည်ဟု။ ရကောင်းလား ဟု။ I'm anxious that we should allow plenty of time. ❍ I find it quite astonishing that he should be so rude to you.
၁၁။ … လိမ့်မည်ထင်သည်။ I should imagine it will take about three hours. ❍ I should say she's over forty. ❍ ‘Is this enough food for everyone?’‘I should think so. ’ ❍ ‘Will it matter?’‘I shouldn't think so. ’Compare WOULD ၈
၁၂။ (က) …မှာလဲ။ How should I know where you've left your bag? (ခ) …မှာလဲ။ Why should I help him? He's never done anything for me. (ဂ) လက်စသတ်တော့။ လားလား။ I got on the bus and who should be sitting in front of me but my ex-wife!
၁၃။ …စေချင်သည်။ … ဖို့ကောင်းတယ်။ You should see him when he first gets up in the morning! ❍ You should have seen her face when she found out!
၁၄။ …တာပဲ။ ‘I know it's expensive but it will last for years. ’‘I should hope so (too)!’ ❍ ‘Nobody will oppose it. ’‘I should think not!’

More examples
  • Parents should spend as much time with their children as possible.
  • It’s an amazing book – you should read it.
  • You shouldn’t drive so fast.
  • What should I do? Should I look for another job?
  • What should be taught in our schools?
  • There should be a law against spreading false rumours.
  • They should be ashamed of themselves.
  • There should be a comma after ‘Yours sincerely’.
  • The total should come to £728.50.
  • There should be a knife in the drawer.
  • There’ll be lots of games, so it should be fun.
  • Sheila’s a brilliant student – she should get a first class degree.
  • [should have (done something)] : They should have got home by now.
  • That was disappointing – we should have won that game easily.
  • Should you need help, do not hesitate to call me.
  • If anything should happen to me, please give this letter to my wife.
  • It is essential that we should protect the environment.
  • Curtiz was determined that Ingrid should star in the new film.
  • It’s hardly surprising that people should be suspicious of politicians’ promises.
  • How sad that she should have no one to comfort her.
  • Claudia was shocked that anyone should believe such a scandalous story.
  • It’s odd you should mention Ben – I was just thinking about him.
  • I should be grateful for a prompt reply.
  • [I should like] : I should like to introduce our guest speaker.
Synonyms
be supposed to, ought to, must, allow, be compelled to, be duty-bound to, be forced to, be going to, be one's duty to, be up to, bear, become, concede possibility, consider, endure, enjoy, entertain, experience, fall on, feel, had better, have a duty to, have to, know, leave, let, meet with, need, ought, permit, put up with, rest with, see, shall, suffer, sustain, think about, tolerate, undergo, will, would
Antonyms
deny, disallow, exclude, forget, halt, hold, ignore, keep, kill, lack, need, neglect, refuse, reject, stop, want
Cross references
be supposed toought tomustallowbe compelled tobe duty-bound tobe forced tobe going tobe one's duty tobe up tobearbecomeconcede possibilityconsiderendureenjoyentertainexperiencefall onfeelhad betterhave a duty tohave toknowleaveletmeet withneed
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