beneath can also mean unworthy, undignified... two examples: 1) a king cannot marry a commoner, that would be beneath him 2) i will NOT wash dishes for it is a task that is beneath me

to skip class(es), to play hooky - a great french expression "faire l'école buissonière", roughly translates to "go to school in the woods" (is there anything like this in english?)

in my mind's eye (or perhaps my mind's ear rather), i would make the following distinction: as an expression, i would say "you need to make up your mind"... as an imperative, i would also use the same. however, if the expression is followed by an

i am a lousy typist, nothing weird (or wierd) about that! mea culpa...

beware of students using, and yes, actually writing, shouldn't OF, for shouldn't HAVE. the same goes for wouldn't OF/HAVE. as explained by kitkattail, this is a transliteration of rapid, or "clipped" speech. i came upon this problem as a french