Phrase guide
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verb
Used to express an official plan, arrangement, or scheduled event.
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verb
Used in the past tense to indicate that something was supposed to happen or was destined to happen.
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verb
Used after if to introduce a condition that must be met in order for something to happen or succeed.
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verb
Used to give commands, instructions, or to state rules. In negative form, it expresses prohibition.
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verb
Used to ask or state what someone should do.
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verb
Used to ask how something is possible or achievable
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verb
Used after if or in inversion to describe hypothetical or imagined scenarios.
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History
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Across languages
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