Meanings (ES + gloss)
In the winters • conditional tense
Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join m…
When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.
Phrases
Eddie would goI wouldI would rather dieas fate would have itas luck would have itbe it what it wouldbutter would not melt in someone's mouthchance would be a fine thingclaret would be port if it coulddo unto others as you would have them do unto youface that would stop a clockhow would I knowif pigs had wings they would flynever-would-bethe cat would eat fish but would not wet her feetwhat would Jesus dowhat would you likewho would have guessedwho would have knownwho would have thought itwho would have thunk itwould give a Jew's eyewould have liked towould it hurtwould it kill someonewould lose one's head if it wasn't attachedwould lose one's head if it wasn't bolted onwould lose one's head if it wasn't glued onwould lose one's head if it wasn't screwed onwould lose one's head if it wasn't stuck onwould lose one's head if it wasn't tied onwould lose one's head if it weren't attachedwould the real someone please stand upwould you be so kind as towould you believewould you believe itwould you like to go out with mewould you mind putting on your seat beltyou would think
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