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I didn’t wear enough sunscreen. ONLY

If only I’d worn enough sunscreen.

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The water in the lake isn’t clean. ONLY

If only the water in the lake was clean.

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You should learn how to drive. HIGH

It's high time you learned how to drive.

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You want to go out but I want to stay in tonight. RATHER. You want to go out but...

[You want to go out but] I’d rather we didn’t go out tonight / I'd rather we stayed in tonight.

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You aren’t coming with us and I think it’s a shame. WISH

I wish you were coming with us.

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It’s a shame we didn’t go to New Zealand with them. IF

If only we'd gone to New Zealand with them.

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I think the teacher gives the children too much homework. RATHER

I'd rather the teacher gave the children less homework. / I'd rather the teacher didn't give the children too / so much homework.

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It’s a shame this candidate didn’t win the election. WISH

I wish this candidate had won the election.

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It’s a pity you didn’t go camping with us. WISH

I wish you'd gone camping with us.

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She really should become more independent. TIME

It's time she became more independent.

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It’s a shame he can’t understand how I feel. WISH

I wish he could understand how I feel.

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The problem is that their kids are so little. ONLY

If only their kids weren't so little / were older/bigger.

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He really should understand this by now. HIGH

It's high time he understood this.

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She wants us to contact her on the phone. RATHER

She'd rather we contacted her on the phone.

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We didn’t complain to the manager and we should have! IF

If only we had complained to the manager.

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