ought in the PONS Dictionary

ought Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he ought to tell her
той трябва да й каже
we ought to do something
би трябвало да направим нщ
you ought not to do that
по-добре не прави това
too much of ought is good for nought
прекален светец и богу не е драг prov

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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I ought to give up being a magistrate and set up for a matchmaker!
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One man even suggested that the heretics ought to be burned at the stake, as in the old days.
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In other words a positive balance of trade ought to be maintained via a surplus of exports, often backed by military might.
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Clearly, lawbreakers ought to be punished.
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She was steadfast in her position that public interest ought to come before telecommunications industry profits.
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There ought to be an idea behind every painting.
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They use concepts such as morally ought, morally obligated, morally right, and so forth that are legalistic and require a legislator as the source of moral authority.
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Specifically, he has been concerned with how the government's monetary and fiscal instruments ought to respond to shocks over the business cycle.
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You ought to know that there is a possibility of such letters being dragged out some day.
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It occurred to me that abjuration was the school of magic manipulating magic (for example, dispel magic)... which means that abjurers really ought to be the nastiest spell-duelists out there.
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