Usages of лучше бы
Новая грамматическая тема: конструкция «лучше бы» выражает совет, пожелание или сожаление.
New grammar topic: the construction “лучше бы” expresses advice, a wish, or regret.
Мне лучше бы было взять с собой термос с какао, потому что на остановке я чуть не замёрз.
It would have been better for me to take a thermos of cocoa with me, because I almost froze at the bus stop.
Лучше бы я не забыл варежки дома, тогда руки не дрожали бы от мороза.
I wish I hadn’t forgotten my mittens at home; then my hands wouldn’t have been trembling from the frost.
Если Вам холодно, лучше бы Вы взяли с собой термос и тёплые варежки.
If you are cold, you’d better take a thermos and warm mittens with you.
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