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  • You have to stop when the traffic lights turn red.
    OBLIGATION
  • I can't speak French fluentl yet.
    ABILITY
  • George shouldn't have got involved in the fight.
    ADVICE
  • She can't have felt any sympathy for him.
    IMPOSSIBILITY
  • David must have taken your books by mistake.
    CERTAINTY
  • Adults don't have to sleep more than 8 hours.
    LACK OF OBLIGATION / NECESSITY
  • My grandmother is eighty-five, but she can still read and write without glasses.
    ABILITY
  • The man must have commited a crime.
    CERTAINTY
  • You mustn't drink alcohol.
    PROHIBITION
  • Mary Anne may have broken de law when she entered the abandoned house.
    POSSIBILITY
  • They can eat sweets.
    PERMISSION
  • Would you mind if I borrowed your car?
    REQUEST
  • They needn't have gone to the immigration office. They already had their record.
    LACK OF NECESSITY
  • You needn't have cleaned the floor.
    LACK OF NECESSITY
  • You mustn't eat or drink in the library.
    PROHIBITION
  • Ann doesn't have to pay by cash.
    LACK OF OBLIGATION / NECESSITY
  • Ginnifer can't have known about the living conditions of her daughter.
    IMPOSSIBILITY
  • May I go to the toilet?
    PERMISSION
  • He has to return the book to the library.
    OBLIGATION
  • You must turn your phone off
    OBLIGATION
  • The major could have passed a law against drugs, but eventually he decided not to pass it.
    POSSIBILITY
  • Would I come with you?
    REQUEST
  • Danny could have raised money for the poor children, but he got ill and couldn't go to the event.
    POSSIBILITY
  • This dress doesn't suit you. You shouldn't wear it.
    ADVICE
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