should

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should englanniksi

(infl of)

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(RQ:Marryat Peter Simple)
(cap) to; (n-g)
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''You should see his new apartment. It's like a palace!''

''If you think her piano playing is bad, you should hear her sing!''

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Will be likely to (become or do something); (non-gloss)
(senseid) (non-gloss)

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(RQ:Noyes Poems)
(RQ:Williams Velveteen Rabbit)
{{RQ:Wonder Fool
2008, Peter Michael Higgins, ''Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography'', page 141 (Google Books view):

He is noted for coming up with his 'wager', in which he argued that he was prepared to believe in God on the grounds that he had nothing to lose if he was wrong, and everything to gain should he be right.

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(RQ:Baum Wizard of Oz)
(quote-book)|publisher=Angus and Robertson|location=Sydney|page=152|passage="Good God! I don't want another accident here. I should go dotty if I had to face all that again."
(quote-book)

''It's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I should write and complain.''

To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality. (rfv-sense) (rfex)
To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word ''should''.
{{quote-book|en|date=2008-11-01|author=Damon L. Jacobs|title=Absolutely Should-Less: The Secret to Living the Stress-Free Life You Deserve|publisher=Morgan James Publishing|isbn=9781614484028
{{quote-book|en|date=2015-03-08|author=Diane Brandon|title=Dream Interpretation for Beginners: Understand the Wisdom of Your Sleeping Mind|publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide|isbn=9780738743738
Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.
{{quote-text|en|year=1996|author=Fred Shoemaker|title=Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible|page=88
{{quote-book|en|year=2003|title=Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy|author=Robert L. Leahy
{{quote-journal|en|year=2008|journal=Working Mother|volume=31|issue=8|page=20