debía

should

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Jessie dio órdenes de que Alex debía ser tratado bien.

Jessie gave orders that Alex was to be treated well.

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Él seguía repitiéndose que no debía decir tantas mentiras.

He kept saying to himself that he must not tell so many lies.

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Lo persuadí de que debía intentarlo de nuevo.

I persuaded him that he should try again.

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Tom no debía haber hecho esperar tanto a Mary.

Tom shouldn't have kept Mary waiting so long.

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Mi padre debía de ser guapo cuando era joven.

My father must have been handsome in his youth.

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Él me ilustró sobre cómo debía abordar el asunto.

He enlightened me on how I should attack the subject.

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De repente me di cuenta de que debía aprender polaco.

All of a sudden, I realized I must learn Polish.

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Ella sabía lo que se debía hacer.

She knew what needed to be done.

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Tom tuvo que pagar una multa por cruzar por donde no debía.

Tom had to pay a fine for jaywalking.

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Tom debía haber ayudado a Mary a mover el sillón.

Tom should have helped Mary move the sofa.

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Tom no debía haber hecho lo que él hizo.

Tom shouldn't have done what he did.

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A Tom no se le ocurría que debía regalarle a Mary en Navidad.

Tom couldn't think what he should give Mary for Christmas.

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Eso no debía pasar.

That should not have happened.

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Tom debía haber esperado a Mary.

Tom should've waited for Mary.

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Ella debía de ser muy joven cuando escribió este poema.

She must have been very young when she wrote this poem.

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Se debía tomar una decisión.

A decision had to be made.

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¿Qué debía haber dicho ella?

What would she have said?

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Después de que muera, espero que la gente diga de mí: "Ese tipo sí que me debía un montón de dinero."

After I die, I hope that people will say of me: "That guy sure owed me a lot of money."

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Pensé que debía ser algo así.

I thought it must be something like that.

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Alguien debía hacer algo.

Somebody had to do something.

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