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бы part.stresses
gen. if; would ((used only with the inf. or past tense of a verb)); should
explan. indicates conditional-subjunctive mood; mild advice; mild order; suggestion; wish; used to express a polite suggestion (Ты бы бросил курить, you should give up smoking. Вам лучше бы пойти самому, you had better go yourself); used to express a wish (Был бы он здесь!, if only he were here! Побольше бы нам таких людей, we should have (or could use) more people like that)
math. would (частица: at that time, any geometrical system not in absolute agreement with that of Euclid's would have been considered as obvious nonsense • in order to produce such an amount of energy, this thermal power plant would require as much as 100 tons of coal); could (частица: without the friction between our shoes and the floor we could not walk)
я бы part.
inf. could do with something (VLZ_58)
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