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жалею, что не сделал что-л. раньше (+ verb in present perfect • No regrets. Moved in 2021. I wish I did it sooner. Should have moved when I first started thinking about it in the early 2000s. Ce la vie. Better weather year-round, more options for everything, improved quality of life. (Reddit) ART Vancouver); надо было (+ past participle === *speaking of a missed opportunity* • That dog should have had a lot more time to play with its new chew toy.  x.com • Elaine Graham, the last parks caretaker to live in one of the houses and wife of the last lighthouse keeper before the beacon was automated, moved out in 2020. Graham described living in the three-bedroom home on the edge of the ocean as “fantastic,” adding said the 1960s houses were in great condition when she left. (...) Graham said she too worries the houses will face “death by neglect.” The cost of getting them live-in ready now would surely be higher than it was in 2020. “They should have done that right when I left,” she said. “They should have put people in there, at least temporarily… who would have kept the house as it was then. God knows what it’s like now. There must be rats and things running around inside.” -- Им надо было поселить там людей сразу после того, как я выехала. nsnews.com ART Vancouver) |
