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Catalan 16 Public

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odd/strange/funny + should be

It's strange that you should be staying in the same hotel!

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I should think

I should think that Biden won't live long enough to see the end of his cadency

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in case + should

In case I should be out, this is my mobile phone.

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can +be (criticism)

You can be really annoying, you know!

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may (=although)

She may be the boss, but that is no excuse for shouting like that

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ought to

You ought to exercise more

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may as well

You may as well throw it away. Nobody is going to eat it.

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try as I may

Try as I may, I will never be as good as my brother.

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shall (to emphasize)

We shall win!

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shall (for rules)

No player shall pick up the ball.

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will (for assumptions)

The phone's ringing. That'll be John for sure.

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would

Nobody would agree with the idea.

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needn't

You needn't come all the way, just to bring me this.

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dare to

I didn't dare to say anything

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had better

You'd better not phone her again

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be bound to

It's bound to rain tomorrow.

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