debere

ought to

Usages of debere

• Magister dicit discipulos non semper intellegere, sed conari debere.: The teacher says that the students do not always understand, but ought to try.
• In bibliotheca tacere debes, quia alii libros legunt.: In the library you ought to be silent, because others are reading books.
• Magister dicit discipulos pacem in schola servare debere.: The teacher says that the students ought to preserve peace in the school.
• Puella aliquid dulce emere cupit, sed ipsa dicit se reliquos nummos servare debere.: The girl wants to buy something sweet, but she herself says that she ought to save the remaining coins.
• Hortulana pueris ostendit quomodo semina serere et terram lente fodere debeant.: The female gardener shows the boys how they ought to sow seeds and dig the ground slowly.
• Discipula scribit se apud aviam didicisse quomodo ramum fractum tollere et radices servare debeat.: The female student writes that she has learned at grandmother’s house how she ought to remove a broken branch and preserve the roots.
• Magister ostendit quid error sit et quomodo discipuli eum corrigere debeant.: The teacher shows what the mistake is and how the students ought to correct it.
• Mater dicit se etiam canem curare debere, quia aliquid e mensa auferre solet.: Mother says that she must also take care of the dog, because it usually carries something off from the table.
• Magistra dicit praemium bonae discipulae dari debere.: The teacher says that a reward ought to be given to the good student.
• Puella discit quomodo vaccam mulgere debeat, et mater eam laudat.: The girl learns how she ought to milk the cow, and mother praises her.
• Mater dicit pueros intra domum manere debere, quia pluvia gravis cadit.: Mother says that the boys ought to stay within the house, because heavy rain is falling.
• Magistra dicit discipulam nihil celare debere, si auxilium petere vult.: The teacher says that the student ought to hide nothing if she wants to ask for help.
• Nemo dubitat quin argentarius pactum signare debeat, antequam pecuniam det.: No one doubts that the banker ought to sign the agreement before he gives the money.
• Quicumque adest, ceteris auxilium ferre debet, ne grave onus uni puellae relinquatur.: Whoever is present ought to bring help to the others, so that a heavy load may not be left to one girl alone.
• In iudicio testes veritatem dicere debent.: In court witnesses ought to tell the truth.
• Magistra discipulis narrat reum aequum iudicium sperare debere, non rumorem falsum timere.: The teacher tells the students that an accused person ought to hope for a fair trial, not fear a false rumor.
• Innocens veritatem timere non debet.: The innocent person ought not to fear the truth.
• Quamquam pluvia desiit, mater dicit pueros diutius intra domum manere debere.: Although the rain has stopped, mother says that the boys ought to stay inside the house longer.
• Mater dicit ampullam in armario poni debere.: Mother says that the bottle ought to be placed in the cupboard.
• Orator dicit bonum magistratum non sua tantum commoda, sed salutem civitatis spectare debere.: The orator says that a good magistrate ought to look not only to his own advantages, but to the safety of the state.
• Bonus iudex iustitiam potius quam iram spectare debet.: A good judge ought to look to justice rather than anger.
• Pater dicit bonum imperium iustitiam plus amare debere quam laudem.: Father says that good rule ought to love justice more than praise.
• Unusquisque veritatem dicere debet.: Each person ought to tell the truth.
• Pater dicit se candidatum prudentem alteri praeferre, quia bonus magistratus salutem civitatis spectare debet.: Father says that he prefers the prudent candidate to the other, because a good magistrate ought to look to the safety of the state.
• Opinio matris est bonos magistratus bonum commune, non commodum privatum, quaerere debere.: Mother’s opinion is that good magistrates ought to seek the common good, not private advantage.
• Senator prudens dicit cives bonum commune commodo privato praeferre debere.: A wise senator says that citizens ought to prefer the common good to private advantage.
• Scriba respondet bonum tutorem non solum patrimonium, sed etiam pupillam ipsam servare debere.: The scribe answers that a good guardian ought to protect not only the estate, but also the girl herself.

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