Sentence examples of "ought" in English

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Tom ought to stop smoking. Tom dovrebbe smettere di fumare.

The students ought to study more. Gli studenti devono studiare di più.

You ought to eat more slowly. Dovresti mangiare più lentamente.

You ought to see a doctor. Dovresti vedere un dottore.

I don't think you ought to. Non penso che dovresti.

You ought to have seen the exhibition. Avresti dovuto vedere la mostra.

You ought not to have disclosed the secret. Non dovresti aver dovuto rivelare il segreto.

You ought not to have said a thing like that to him. Non avresti dovuto dirgli una cosa del genere.

Since he started at eight, he ought to be there by now. Dato che è partito alle otto dovrebbe essere qua adesso.

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