we'd

[[t]wɪd, STRONG wiːd[/t]]

1) We'd is the usual spoken form of `we had', especially when `had' is an auxiliary verb.

Come on, George, we'd better get back now...

At the time we'd really nothing to tell the police.

2) We'd is the usual spoken form of `we would'.

If we smoked, we'd light a cigarette and let her try it out...

I don't know how we'd have managed without her!