should modal verb (WOULD) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

strong form /ʃʊd/weak form /ʃəd/ mv

Definition

mainly UK formal used instead of 'would' when the subject is 'I' or 'we'

I should like a whisky before I go to bed.

I shouldn't expect you to pay, of course.

(Definition of should modal verb (WOULD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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