reported speech
121should — strong /SUd/ modal verb negative short form shouldn t 1 used to show that something is the best thing to do because it is morally right, fair, honest etc: He should learn to be more polite. | What you should have done is call the police. | I have …
122say*/*/*/ — [seɪ] (3rd person singular says [sez] ; past tense and past participle said [sed] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to express something using words ‘Pleased to meet you, he said with a smile.[/ex] ‘When s he coming back? ‘He didn t say. [/ex] The committee said …
123dash — 1. There are, in formal printing at least, two types of dash: the en rule (–) and the em rule ( ). An en rule is twice the length of a hyphen, and an em rule is twice the length of an en rule. Most word processing programs are able to distinguish …
124tense — is the location in time of the state or action expressed by a verb. English verbs properly have only two tenses, the present (I stay) and past (I stayed). The future is formed with shall or will (I shall / will stay: see shall and will) or (to… …
125indirect question — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a question in reported speech (e.g. they asked who I was) …
126must — Ⅰ. must [1] ► MODAL VERB (past had to or in reported speech must) 1) be obliged to; should. 2) expressing insistence. 3) expressing an opinion about something that is very likely. ► NOUN informal …
127fuck — [fuk] Vulgar vi. [Early ModE fuck, fuk, < ME * fuken < Gmc: akin to MDu fokken, to strike, copulate, Swed dial. fock, penis] 1. to engage in sexual intercourse 2. Slang to meddle ( with) vt. 1. to engage in sexual intercourse with 2. Slang… …
128might — 1. past of MAY, used esp.: 1 in reported speech, expressing possibility (said he might come) or permission (asked if I might leave) (cf. MAY 1, 2). 2 (foll. by perfect infin.) expressing a possibility based on a condition not fulfilled (if you d… …
