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could [kʊd]ⓘ GRAM La forme négative est couldn't. Dans les contextes où il est nécessaire d'utiliser une forme plus soignée, on écrit could not.∎ I'd come if I could je viendrais si je (le) pouvais;∎ she could no longer walk elle ne pouvait plus marcher;∎ they couldn't very well refuse il leur aurait été difficile de refuser;∎ five years ago I could run a mile in four minutes but I couldn't anymore il y a cinq ans, je courais un mile en quatre minutes mais je ne pourrais plus maintenant;∎ she could have had the job if she'd wanted it elle aurait pu obtenir cet emploi si elle l'avait voulu∎ he could see her talking to her boss il la voyait qui parlait avec son patron;∎ I could see his point of view je comprenais son point de vue∎ she could read and write elle savait lire et écrire;∎ she could speak three languages elle parlait trois langues∎ could I borrow your sweater? est-ce que je pourrais t'emprunter ton pull?;∎ could I join you? est-ce que je pourrais me joindre à vous?;∎ couldn't I come too? est-ce que je ne pourrais pas venir moi aussi?;∎ could you help me please? pourriez-vous ou est-ce que vous pourriez m'aider, s'il vous plaît?;∎ could you bring the bill, please? pourriez-vous apporter l'addition, s'il vous plaît?∎ they could give up at any time ils pourraient abandonner n'importe quand;∎ could he be lying? se pourrait-il qu'il mente?;∎ the stock market could crash tomorrow le marché pourrait s'effondrer demain;∎ you could well be right tu pourrais bien avoir raison;∎ don't touch it, it could be dangerous n'y touchez pas, ça pourrait être dangereux;∎ they could have changed their plans ils ont peut-être changé leurs plans∎ you could have told me the truth tu aurais pu me dire la vérité;∎ they could easily have got here earlier ils auraient facilement pu arriver ici plus tôt;∎ you could have warned me! tu aurais pu me prévenir!;∎ what could I have done with the keys? qu'est-ce que j'ai bien pu faire des clés?;∎ I could kill him! je pourrais le tuer!;∎ he could have jumped for joy il en aurait presque sauté de joie;∎ I'm as happy as could be je suis on ne peut plus heureux;∎ she was as kind as could be elle était on ne peut plus gentille∎ I couldn't just leave him there, could I? je ne pouvais vraiment pas le laisser là;∎ I couldn't possibly do it before tomorrow je ne pourrai vraiment pas le faire avant demain∎ you could always complain to the director tu pourrais toujours te plaindre au directeur;∎ couldn't you just apologize? tu ne pourrais pas simplement présenter tes excuses?;∎ couldn't we at least talk about it? est-ce que nous ne pourrions pas au moins en discuter?∎ if I could just intervene here est-ce que je peux me permettre d'intervenir ici?;∎ you could argue it's a waste of resources tu pourrais argumenter que c'est un gaspillage de ressources∎ the house couldn't have been THAT expensive la maison n'a pas dû coûter si cher que ça;∎ how could she have done such a thing? comment a-t-elle pu faire une chose pareille?;∎ how could you say that? comment avez-vous pu dire ça ou une chose pareille?;∎ who on earth could that be? qui diable cela peut-il bien être?∎ he left and you couldn't blame him il est parti et on ne peut pas lui en vouloir
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