would hate to-INFINITIVE – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, C2 point 61 in the categories of VERBS/patterns is defined:
‘would hate’ + ‘to’ infinitive, for emphasis.
An iWeb search for:
would hate to _VVI
1 WOULD HATE TO SEE 1982 2 WOULD HATE TO THINK 655 3 WOULD HATE TO LOSE 315 4 WOULD HATE TO GET 151 5 WOULD HATE TO GO 122 6 WOULD HATE TO MISS 115 7 WOULD HATE TO GIVE 114 8 WOULD HATE TO SPEND 104 9 WOULD HATE TO LEAVE 71 10 WOULD HATE TO LIVE 70 11 WOULD HATE TO BUY 67 12 WOULD HATE TO LOOSE 65 13 WOULD HATE TO MAKE 62 14 WOULD HATE TO FIND 58
15 WOULD HATE TO WASTE 56
16 WOULD HATE TO PUT 53 17 WOULD HATE TO HEAR 51 18 WOULD HATE TO TAKE 48 19 WOULD HATE TO SAY 46
20 WOULD HATE TO RUIN 45
21 WOULD HATE TO RUN 43 22 WOULD HATE TO TRY 41 23 WOULD HATE TO KNOW 40 24 WOULD HATE TO THROW 40 25 WOULD HATE TO USE 39 26 WOULD HATE TO START 37 27 WOULD HATE TO PAY 32 28 WOULD HATE TO SELL 29
29 WOULD HATE TO MESS 27
30 WOULD HATE TO IMAGINE 26
31 WOULD HATE TO ADMIT 25 32 WOULD HATE TO WORK 25 33 WOULD HATE TO BREAK 24 34 WOULD HATE TO END 24 35 WOULD HATE TO STOP 22 36 WOULD HATE TO TELL 21 37 WOULD HATE TO COME 19 38 WOULD HATE TO CUT 19
39 WOULD HATE TO LET 19
40 WOULD HATE TO CAUSE 18
41 WOULD HATE TO DISAPPOINT 18 42 WOULD HATE TO DRIVE 18 43 WOULD HATE TO PLAY 18 44 WOULD HATE TO CHANGE 17 45 WOULD HATE TO LOOK 17 46 WOULD HATE TO MOVE 16 47 WOULD HATE TO CALL 15 48 WOULD HATE TO ADD 15
49 WOULD HATE TO DROP 15
50 WOULD HATE TO FEEL 15
B1 vocabulary:
admit, disappoint, drop, imagine, mess, ruin, waste
B2:
cause