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assume or suppose to be true VB

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Both were supposed to work in tandem to ensure smooth functioning and transitioning to the new cash market.
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You can buy laundry detergent in every fragrance from lavender to citrus to "fresh rain" -- whatever that's supposed to smell like.
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The governor of the province was supposed to appoint a commune elder, "kamnan" or "phan".
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Allowing construction by new tools would be like adding new axioms, but axioms are supposed to be simple and self-evident, but such tools are not.
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It is a common misconception that the color red is supposed to anger the bull; the animals are colorblind.
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The language spoken in the film is fictitious and not supposed to be literally understood by anybody.
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I mean, there wasn't even a trouser press and how is an executive supposed to go to work with unpressed trousers?
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One need only look back 14 years to the millennium bug, which was supposed to bring down the world's critical systems.
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He tried hard and finally moved the load back to the classroom where he was supposed to fix up a broken window.
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First, the standard for being a philosopher-ruler for this ideal state was too high because the ruler was supposed to be absolutely intelligent and totally incorruptible.
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