should

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should englanniksi

Ought 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 definition)
(non-gloss definition)
(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.

(infl of)
(RQ:Marryat Peter Simple)
(senseid) (n-g)
(RQ:Baum Wizard of Oz)
(quote-book)

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

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
To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality. (rfex)