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auxiliary verb(should)—used in auxiliary function to express condition
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auxiliary verb(should)—used in auxiliary function to express obligation, propriety, or expediency
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auxiliary verb(should)—used in auxiliary function to express futurity from a point of view in the past
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verb(should)will have to : must
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verb(should)will be able to : can
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verb(should)—used to express a command or exhortation
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idiom(should)—used to say that children should be quiet and well-behaved
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idiom(should)—used to say that one does not know the answer to a question and is surprised to be asked it
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idiom(should)—used to say that it is important to keep something in mind
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idiom(should)—used to say that someone is surprised to see something or someone
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idiom(should)—used to say that someone had a shocked, surprised, etc., look on his or her face
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verb(should)to begin to occur or to exist : to come into being or to attention
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verb(should)to originate from a source
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verb(should)to get up or stand up : rise; especially : to get up from sleep or after lying down
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pronoun(should)what or which person or persons —used as an interrogative —used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or a following preposition
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pronoun(should)the person or persons that : whoever
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pronoun(should)—used as a function word to introduce a relative clause—used especially in reference to persons but also in reference to groups or to animals or to inanimate objects especially with the implication that the reference is really to a person —used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or a following preposition
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idiom(should)I don't know