could

could

1. en-v-taivm|c|ould|imp=can; käytetään merkityksen 'voi, kykeni, pystyi' lisäksi konditionaalissa 'voisi, kykenisi, pystyisi'

Esimerkkejä:

I 'could' not help laughing.

:En 'voinut' olla nauramatta.

'Could' you please shut the door?

:Vo'isi'tko sulkea oven?

Englannin sanakirja

could englanniksi

1. (en-simple past of)

Before I was blind, I could see very well.

2. conditional of can

3. (non-gloss definition)

I think he could do it if he really wanted to.

I wish I could fly!

4. (non-gloss definition).

(ux)

5. (quote-magazine)

6. Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

7. 1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible (page 88)

When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.

8. 2010, Shushona Novos, The Personal Universal: A Guidebook for Spiritual Evolution (page 395)

Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.

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