like to

Also, liked to. Come close to, be on the point of. For example, We like to froze to death, or He liked to have never got away. This expression, now considered a colloquialism from the American South, dates from the early 1400s and was used several times by Shakespeare.

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Rashford, who has scored 138 goals in 426 senior games during 20 years with United, said last month he would like to play alongside forward Lamine Yamal at Barcelona.

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I always go into the office on Mondays and Tuesdays, so I don’t really like to stay up that late on Sunday.

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“Plus, I’m 70. It ain’t like I’m 30 and there’s so much life to live. I am the age that I am, and I would like to go further, sure, but it has to close out soon. And I’m fine with that, because I have lived.”

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"This is definitely something I'd like to do yearly," she says, "I'd love that."

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"It's not easy, but I'll be a voice because I know what it feels like to lose your voice, to be silenced, and I will not be silenced."

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like that like water off a duck's back

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