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• would like —   I would have liked to have seen it is a common construction and may be excused in conversation, but in writing it should be I would like to have seen it or I would have liked to see it …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• would like —     I would have liked to have seen it is a common construction and may be excused in conversation, but in writing it should be I would like to have seen it or I would have liked to see it …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• like — 1 /laIk/ preposition 1 similar in some way to something else: My mother has a car like yours. | He crawled out of the hut on his belly, like a snake. | very like: He s very like his brother. | look/sound/feel/taste/seem like: The building looked… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• would — [ wud ] modal verb *** Would is usually followed by an infinitive without to : A picnic would be nice. Sometimes it is used without a following infinitive: They didn t do as much as they said they would. In conversation and informal writing,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• like — verb. I should like is normal in BrE and I would like in other varieties, although in practice the contracted form I d like is common, especially in speech. These forms are followed either by a to infinitive (I should like to come too) or by an… …   Modern English usage

• Like a Virgin — Studio album by Madonna Released November 12, 1984 …   Wikipedia

• would — W1S1 [wud] modal v negative short form wouldn t ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(past intentions/expectations)¦ 2¦(imagined situations)¦ 3¦(past habits)¦ 4¦(requesting)¦ 5¦(offering/inviting)¦ 6¦(what somebody wants)¦ 7¦(past purpose)¦ 8 would not …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• like — like1 [līk] adj. [ME lik, aphetic for ilik < OE gelic, similar, equal, lit., of the same form or shape, akin to Ger gleich < PGmc * galīka < * ga , prefix of uncert. meaning + * līka, body, (ON līk, Goth leik, OE lic): for IE base see… …   English World dictionary

• have a good mind to do something — have a good mind (to do something) informal if you say you have a good mind to do something, especially to punish someone, you mean that you would like to do it, and might do it, although you probably will not. I have a good mind to report you to …   New idioms dictionary

• have a good mind — (to do something) informal if you say you have a good mind to do something, especially to punish someone, you mean that you would like to do it, and might do it, although you probably will not. I have a good mind to report you to the headmaster… …   New idioms dictionary

• have your back to the wall — phrase to be in a difficult situation with few choices, so that you have to work or fight very hard England had their backs to the wall in the second half. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym Main entry: back * * *… …   Useful english dictionary