Dictionary entry
We'd
Pronunciation: /wiːd/
Pronunciation
/wiːd/
Myanmar Meaning
we had
Definition
we'd /wi:d, wid/ short form ၁။ we had. ❍ have ၂။ we would. ❍ will modal v , would
Examples
- ‘We would both have to admit
- we'd been checking his gums for signs of teeth more than three times a day.’
- ‘If he wants some old-time religion
- we'd better give him some - and you are doing your best.’
- ‘Coming back on the coach that night you would have thought we'd actually won the Cup!’
- ‘For our part
- we got a lot of positive comments and came away feeling that we'd achieved something.’
- ‘Considering all the precautions we'd taken
- this was something of a security lapse.’
- ‘By this time we'd most of us repaired to the bar and were feeling pleased with ourselves and a bit triumphant.’
- ‘The fact is I lost all sense of time and did not know how long we'd been in the water.’
- ‘The pleasure of buying a house there had turned into a draining and joyless slog and we'd had enough.’
- ‘We'd seen a good man resign and we'd gone through a lengthy leadership contest.’
- ‘We kept trying to cut it short saying we had to do this or that but he would just wait until we'd finished.’
- ‘We reminisced about productions we'd been involved in
- good and bad
- down the years.’
- ‘Unfortunately
- the bike was considerably over the budget that we'd been planning on.’
- ‘If we don't have time to go and study and enjoy music we'd better not talk about it.’
- ‘It felt like ages since we'd all met up
- and in fact
- thinking back
- it was the night of the four-hour journey.’
- ‘Though we'd only just met
- it felt like spending a lazy Saturday afternoon with an old friend.’
- ‘Pete took me out for a beer and we'd just got in a second when Nicholas arrived to advise us that the show was starting.’
- ‘Before we'd even made our choices from the menu
- it already felt better than the previous visit.’
- ‘And we'd only just sat down when the melodious tones of a male choir sweetly filled the air.’
- ‘After we'd finished work on it
- she and her manager asked me to meet them at a club.’
- ‘Of course
- if we'd lived there
- we would never have met our drinking buddy neighbours here.’