 106  You are not to tell anybody about it. We are not to leave the place until we are told to. You are not to smoke in this room. 5. Something that is destined to happen, that is unavoidable. It corresponds to the Russian суждено, предстоит. I didn't know at the time that she was to be my wife (что ей суждено было стать моей женой). As a young man he didn t know that he was to become a famous scientist (ему суждено было стать знаменитым ученым). If we are to be neighbours for life we should be on friendly terms (если нам предстоит всю жизнь быть соседями...). He was never to see her again (ему больше никогда не сужлено было ее увидеть). It was not to be (этому не суждено было сбыться). Sometimes it may be translated by the Russian verb хотеть, especially after the conjunction if. If we are to get there on time, wc must start at once (если мы хотим прийти вовремя, надо сразу отправляться). 6. Possibility. In this case the passive form of the indefinite infinitive is used, unless it b> a question beginning with the interrogative adverb how 106 |
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