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Mary: Where is Jennifer? Has she left us with all the work that need to be done.

Suzi: I would not be surprised if she had left us. (Trying to say it's bovious she always try to avoid work.)

is the response of Suzi correct? Thank you in advance.

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Mary: Where is Jennifer? Has she left us with all the work that needs to be done.
Suzi: I would not be surprised if she did. ~~had left us.~~ (Trying to say it's obvious she always ~~try~~ tries to avoid work.)
~~is the response of Suzi~~ Is Suzi's response correct?

Correct as shown above.

There is nothing strange about this conditional. It's the usual

would ... if {past tense}

Note that we use a form of do to replace verb phrases that have already been used in the conversation quite recently.

if she did instead of if she left us.

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