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This will be just what she wants. — Это, очевидно, то, чего она хочет. That will be ту wife (I know that she is due to phone about this time,and I therefore conclude that it is her who is phoning now). This will be our train.— Это, наверное, наш поезд. That would be he!— Это, наверное, он. John will have arrived by now (by tomorrow). — Джон, очевидно, уже приехал (приедет к завтрашнему дню). In the latter case must is impossible as with a perfect infinitive it has a reference to the past. That would be in 1910, I think. — Я думаю, это, наверное, было в 1910 году. Why are you asking him? He wouldn V know anything about it. Зачем вы его спрашиваете? Вряд ли он что-либо об этом знает. Who is the man? You wouldn’t know him.— Вряд ли вы его знаете. Note the expression: You would, would you? — Ax, ты так! Dare The modal vert) dare may be defective or regular. As a defective verb dare has two forms: dare for the present tense and dared for the past tense. It is used chiefly in interrogative and negative sentences. It has the meaning — to have the courage or independence to do something, to venture. 120
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