Meaning

1 senses
  1. Especially, to be expected to (do something).

    You are to hand in your essay by Friday.

    The CEO is to announce the new company strategy tomorrow.

Examples

92159 sentences
  1. This is never going to end.

    Це ніколи не скінчиться.

    ruЭто никогда не закончится.

    deDas wird nie enden.

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  2. I was trying to kill time.

    Я намагався вбити час.

    ruЯ пытался скоротать время.

    deIch versuchte, die Zeit totzuschlagen.

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  3. You are too sensitive to criticism.

    Ти занадто чутливий до критики.

    ruТы слишком чувствителен к критике.

    deSie reagieren zu empfindlich auf Kritik.

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  4. You are free to go home.

    Ти можеш йти додому.

    ruМожете идти домой.

    deEs steht dir frei, nach Hause zu gehen.

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  5. What are you going to have?

    Що їстимеш?

    deWas wirst du haben?

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Forms

bes to, being to, bed to, bed to
Base formbe to · to be to
3rd person singularbes to
Present participlebeing to
Past simplebed to
Past participlebed to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybe to
he, she, itbes to

Past simpleLesson

all personsbed to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bed to
he, she, ithas bed to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill be to

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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