May
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Polite request : “may
I have another please?” I asked
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Formal permission : Another
question you may want to ask yourself: do
you like writing? Maintaining your own blog means regularly writing and
updating posts to keep your blog relevant.
- Less than 50% certainty : Are you going to study at a local university or overseas? You may need to take into consideration the location of the school. (pg 65)
Might
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Less than 50% certainty : Thanks to the burgeoning ilm industry where stories often involve a visit to a ‘shrink’ (a.k.a American psychologist), people might think that it;s such an easy job: listening to others problems and charging them by the hour (pg 25)
Polite request :
Less than 50% certainty : Thanks to the burgeoning ilm industry where stories often involve a visit to a ‘shrink’ (a.k.a American psychologist), people might think that it;s such an easy job: listening to others problems and charging them by the hour (pg 25)
Polite request :
Should
- Advisability : Alfred suggests that if you are interested in competing at a pro tennis level, then you should practice at least five days a week. (pg 69)
- 90% certainty : with the help of this book, parents should feel a bit releaved, as Richard Van Pelt and Jim Hancock bring together their insights to help parents identify and understand what a teenage crisis is (pg 51)
Ought to
- Advisability : They ought to cut the tree down, because it is blocking out the sunlight in this area
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90% certainty : if
they took the midnight train, they ought to arrive any minute now
Had better
- Advisability with threat of bad result : If senior Israelis are now shouting gewald, American decision makers and opinion leaders had better pay close attention.
Be supposed
to
- Expectation : The energy firms are supposed to deliver a mass programme of home insulation under the Deal.
Be to
- Strong expectation :
The first and foremost
rule of exam preparation is to never do
last minute cram sessions in which you try to squeeze months worth of studying
into a mere few hours of frenzied reading. (pg 61)
Must
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Strong necessity : we must admit that the ASEAN community concept is not yet able to provide a clear image of the kind of of community unity that it is trying to achieve
Prohibition (negative) : To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Strong necessity : we must admit that the ASEAN community concept is not yet able to provide a clear image of the kind of of community unity that it is trying to achieve
Prohibition (negative) : To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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95% certainty :
Have to
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Necessity : Spend a couple of hours a day reading the notes and chapters you covered in class that day to keep the ideas fresh in your mind. Of course, this means that you have to keep your eyes and ears open in class so that you can take mote of what the teacher says.
Necessity : Spend a couple of hours a day reading the notes and chapters you covered in class that day to keep the ideas fresh in your mind. Of course, this means that you have to keep your eyes and ears open in class so that you can take mote of what the teacher says.
- Lack of necessity (negative) : Eventually after the two stepsisters left for the ball and the mother left with them, Cinderella was finally alone in the house and currently did not have to do chores if she didn't want to, so she just sat down and cried from all the pain her life caused her.
Have got to
Necessity : America's Reckless Nuclear Policies have got to end
Necessity : America's Reckless Nuclear Policies have got to end
Will
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100% certainty : These figures are a kick in the teeth for President Obama's re-election campaign. Later on Friday he'll be in Minneapolis to talk about jobs for veterans - but instead of doing so against the background of steady if unspectacular growth, his remarks will be bracketed by deep gloom about the economy's medium-term prospects.
100% certainty : These figures are a kick in the teeth for President Obama's re-election campaign. Later on Friday he'll be in Minneapolis to talk about jobs for veterans - but instead of doing so against the background of steady if unspectacular growth, his remarks will be bracketed by deep gloom about the economy's medium-term prospects.
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Willingness : Responding
to the job figures, US President Barack Obama said there was "a lot of work
to do to get to where we want to be... but we will
come back stronger"
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Polite request :
Be going to
- 100% certainty : University life, it’s the time to try out new activities, broaden your horizons, and hear different viewpoints from the various peers you are going to meet.
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Definite plan : they
are going to discuss the volcanoes of Hawaii, whch are quite different from the
volcanoes in the Ring of Fire.
Can
- Ability / possibility : If the government works together with the private sector to create the right environment over the long term, we'll be able to prove once and for all that bold businesses can propel us forward out of stagnation and firmly on the road to recovery.
- Informal permission :
- Informal polite request :
- Impossibility : In this type of vaccine, the microorganisms are dead and therefore cannot cause disease.
Could
- Past ability : The IEA warns that customers could be deterred by high prices and instances of poor service and mis-selling
- Polite request :
- Suggestion : Women were seen as unpredictable creatures who were in great need of "control" and "stability" that only a male partner (the "handsome prince" and dwarfs) could provide.
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Less than 50% certainty : If it goes wrong, the report says, the reform could lead to higher prices for consumers and greater inefficiency as firms try to wreak the biggest concessions from government and regulators instead of competing to drive down costs.
Less than 50% certainty : If it goes wrong, the report says, the reform could lead to higher prices for consumers and greater inefficiency as firms try to wreak the biggest concessions from government and regulators instead of competing to drive down costs.
- Impossibility : Nevertheless, Disney could not be dissuaded, even when his own wife told him that "nobody will go to see your stupid dwarf cartoon" and the New York Times labeled Snow White as "Disney's Folly."
Be able to
- Ability : Real-life work experience at an early age is an integral part in narrowing down your career focus, which, in turn, will help you keep a narrow focus during university. It also demonstrates to the admission board that you are able to put into practice the skills you learn in the classroom (pg 59)
Would
- Polite request :
- Preference : We want our children to understand wat the real world is like in terms of technology and innovation, but we would also like to instill the foundation of life first. (pg 74)
- Repeated action in the past : Margarete would have certainly been aware of them since it was primarily members of her family that "employed" the "dwarfs."
Used to
- Repeated acton in the past : “To start playing tennis all you have to do is love the sport,” says Alfred who used to be a national tennis player. (pg 68)
Shall
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Polite question to make
a suggestion :Shall we vote on it now?
- Future with “I” or “we” as subject : I shall go to see the boss and I shall ask him to explain this decision.
Source :
Mind + magazine
Article about true story of disney’s princess
SINDO newspaper special ASEAN edition
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