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[wud]aux vb1) ( conditional)if you asked him he would do it — gdybyś go poprosił, zrobiłby to
if you had asked him he would have done it — gdybyś go (wtedy) poprosił, zrobiłby to
2) (in offers, invitations, requests)would you ask him to come in? — (czy) mógłbyś go poprosić (, żeby wszedł)?
3) ( in indirect speech)I said I would do it — powiedziałam, że to zrobię
4) ( emphatic)you WOULD say that, wouldn't you! — musiałeś to powiedzieć, prawda?
5) ( insistence)she wouldn't give in — nie chciała się poddać, nie dawała za wygraną
6) ( conjecture)7) ( indicating habit)* * *[wud]short forms - I'd; verb1) (past tense of will: He said he would be leaving at nine o'clock the next morning; I asked if he'd come and mend my television set; I asked him to do it, but he wouldn't; I thought you would have finished by now.)2) (used in speaking of something that will, may or might happen (eg if a certain condition is met): If I asked her to the party, would she come?; I would have come to the party if you'd asked me; I'd be happy to help you.)3) (used to express a preference, opinion etc politely: I would do it this way; It'd be a shame to lose the opportunity; I'd prefer to go tomorrow rather than today.)4) (used, said with emphasis, to express annoyance: I've lost my car-keys - that would happen!)•- would-be- would you
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conjecture — [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’.… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins