should
/ʃʊd/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short oo vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> should
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!’
- 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.
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