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would

US /wʊd/

modal Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

the quality, condition, or instance of would

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Would you mind sending me the updated schedule this afternoon?

Collocations

  • Easy would like a glass of water
    a collocation phrase: would like a glass of water
  • Medium we would appreciate your timely feedback
    a collocation phrase: we would appreciate your timely feedback
  • Hard actions that would trigger contractual breach liabilities
    to actions that would trigger contractual breach liabilities, meaning to institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
  • Very Hard as luck would have it disaster struck at dawn
    describing as luck would have it disaster struck at dawn (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)

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