Выбор и альтернативные пути

развилка: at a crossroads; ожидания: I assumed, I was afraid; решение: opt for, take a gamble, play it safe, turn down, settle for; результат: paid off, backfired, no regrets, second thoughts, missed out on, the road not taken

Mixed 1: if + Past Perfect (прошлое) → would + глагол (сейчас): if I had taken the job, I would be living in Leeds now; маркеры now, today, still, by now; had she studied …; без if: owe X to Y, as a direct result, consequently, to this day

Mixed 2: if + Past Simple (постоянное: were, weren't so shy, had a car) → would have + 3-я форма (прошлый исход): if I were more patient, I wouldn't have quit; if I were для всех лиц; черты: patient, shy, cautious, impulsive, stubborn; by nature, the type to

wish + Past Simple / were — сейчас иначе (I wish I lived nearer); wish + could — мочь; wish + would — чужое раздражающее поведение; if only — сильнее; it's time + Past Simple; I'd rather + кто + Past Simple; реальность: as it is, the way things are

сожаление о прошлом: wish + Past Perfect (I wish I had studied harder), wish I hadn't (жаль, что сделал), if only I had; regret + -ing / not + -ing; жить с этим: looking back on it, with the benefit of hindsight, hasty, haunts me, dwell on, come to terms with

реально (hope, if + Present, provided that, in case) → нереально сейчас (wish / if / as though + Past Simple) → нереально прошлое (wish / if + Past Perfect) → смешанные; hope ≠ wish; тест: может произойти?; realistic, hypothetically, supposing, the odds, wishful thinking, for all I know