volna meaning in English

but for him▼[UK: bʌt fɔː(r) hɪm] [US: ˈbət ˈfɔːr ˈhɪm]

if I had known▼◼◼◼[UK: ɪf ˈaɪ həd nəʊn] [US: ˈɪf ˈaɪ həd ˈnoʊn]

had I known▼◼◼◼[UK: həd ˈaɪ nəʊn] [US: həd ˈaɪ ˈnoʊn]

were if not for (something)▼[UK: wɜː(r) ɪf nɒt fɔː(r) ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: wər ˈɪf ˈnɑːt ˈfɔːr ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

if you please▼◼◼◼[UK: ɪf juː pliːz] [US: ˈɪf ˈjuː ˈpliːz]

if you care to▼[UK: ɪf juː keə(r) tuː] [US: ˈɪf ˈjuː ˈker ˈtuː]

have half a mind to▼◼◼◼[UK: həv hɑːf ə maɪnd tuː] [US: həv ˈhæf ə ˈmaɪnd ˈtuː]

have half a mind to do (something)▼[UK: həv hɑːf ə maɪnd tuː duː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: həv ˈhæf ə ˈmaɪnd ˈtuː ˈduː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

it is about time▼◼◼◼[UK: ɪt ɪz ə.ˈbaʊt ˈtaɪm] [US: ˈɪt ˈɪz ə.ˈbaʊt ˈtaɪm]

it is early days yet▼[UK: ɪt ɪz ˈɜː.li deɪz jet] [US: ˈɪt ˈɪz ˈɝː.li ˈdeɪz jet]

it would be a good thing to make sure of it▼[UK: ɪt wʊd bi ə ɡʊd ˈθɪŋ tuː ˈmeɪk ʃʊə(r) əv ɪt] [US: ˈɪt ˈwʊd bi ə ˈɡʊd ˈθɪŋ ˈtuː ˈmeɪk ˈʃʊr əv ˈɪt]

It would have been better if it had never happened▼

better still▼◼◼◼[UK: ˈbe.tə(r) stɪl] [US: ˈbe.tər ˈstɪl]

have a mind to (something)▼◼◼◼[UK: həv ə maɪnd tuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: həv ə ˈmaɪnd ˈtuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

have a good mind to▼[UK: həv ə ɡʊd maɪnd tuː] [US: həv ə ˈɡʊd ˈmaɪnd ˈtuː]

ought to▼◼◼◼verb

… was to …▼[UK: wɒz tuː] [US: wəz ˈtuː]

who'd have thought it▼◼◼◼[UK: huːd həv ˈθɔːt ɪt] [US: ˈhuːd həv ˈθɔːt ˈɪt]

who'd have thought it▼◼◼◼[UK: huːd həv ˈθɔːt ɪt] [US: ˈhuːd həv ˈθɔːt ˈɪt]

Who'd?▼◼◼◼[UK: huːd] [US: ˈhuːd]

it is to be desired that▼[UK: ɪt ɪz tuː bi dɪ.ˈzaɪəd ðæt] [US: ˈɪt ˈɪz ˈtuː bi də.ˈzaɪərd ˈðæt]

it is to be wished that▼[UK: ɪt ɪz tuː bi wɪʃt ðæt] [US: ˈɪt ˈɪz ˈtuː bi ˈwɪʃt ˈðæt]

you should have told me so before▼[UK: juː ʃʊd həv təʊld miː ˈsəʊ bɪ.ˈfɔː(r)] [US: ˈjuː ˈʃʊd həv toʊld ˈmiː ˈsoʊ bɪ.ˈfɔːr]

you should have seen it▼◼◼◼[UK: juː ʃʊd həv ˈsiːn ɪt] [US: ˈjuː ˈʃʊd həv ˈsiːn ˈɪt]

you ought to have seen it▼◼◻◻[UK: juː ˈɔːt tuː həv ˈsiːn ɪt] [US: ˈjuː ˈɔːt ˈtuː həv ˈsiːn ˈɪt]

you had best do (something)▼[UK: juː həd best duː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈjuː həd ˈbest ˈduː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

you had best do (something)▼[UK: juː həd best duː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈjuː həd ˈbest ˈduː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

they would have been▼◼◼◼[UK: ˈðeɪ wʊd həv biːn] [US: ˈðeɪ ˈwʊd həv ˈbɪn]

you would have been▼◼◼◼[UK: juː wʊd həv biːn] [US: ˈjuː ˈwʊd həv ˈbɪn]

I should have been▼◼◼◼[UK: ˈaɪ ʃʊd həv biːn] [US: ˈaɪ ˈʃʊd həv ˈbɪn]

we should have been▼◼◼◼[UK: wiː ʃʊd həv biːn] [US: ˈwiː ˈʃʊd həv ˈbɪn]

Here we are again!▼[UK: hɪə(r) wiː ə(r) ə.ˈɡen] [US: hɪər ˈwiː ˈɑːr ə.ˈɡen]

it would be doing less than justice▼[UK: ɪt wʊd bi ˈduːɪŋ les ðæn ˈdʒʌst.ɪs] [US: ˈɪt ˈwʊd bi ˈduːɪŋ ˈles ˈðæn ˈdʒʌst.ɪs]

I could do no other than▼[UK: ˈaɪ kʊd duː nəʊ ˈʌð.ə(r) ðæn] [US: ˈaɪ ˈkʊd ˈduː ˈnoʊ ˈʌð.r̩ ˈðæn]

I could not do other than▼[UK: ˈaɪ kʊd nɒt duː ˈʌð.ə(r) ðæn] [US: ˈaɪ ˈkʊd ˈnɑːt ˈduː ˈʌð.r̩ ˈðæn]

anyone would think that▼[UK: ˈe.ni.wʌn wʊd ˈθɪŋk ðæt] [US: ˈe.ni.wʌn ˈwʊd ˈθɪŋk ˈðæt]

anyone would say that▼[UK: ˈe.ni.wʌn wʊd ˈseɪ ðæt] [US: ˈe.ni.wʌn ˈwʊd ˈseɪ ˈðæt]

put on the invalid▼[UK: ˈpʊt ɒn ðə ɪn.ˈvæ.lɪd] [US: ˈpʊt ɑːn ðə ˈɪn.və.ləd]

take a new lease of life▼[UK: teɪk ə njuː liːs əv laɪf] [US: ˈteɪk ə nuː ˈliːs əv ˈlaɪf]

it is as good as done▼[UK: ɪt ɪz əz ɡʊd əz dʌn] [US: ˈɪt ˈɪz ˈæz ˈɡʊd ˈæz ˈdən]