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    could not have

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    A1
    aux. v.Auxiliary VerbExpressing the impossibility of something having happened in the past
    I could not have finished the work without your help.

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    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters

    17:28A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
    • "No, you're past." Perhaps Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have asked him,

      "No, you're past." Perhaps Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have asked him,

    • Perhaps, Scrooge could not have told anybody  why, if anybody could have asked him;  

      Perhaps, Scrooge could not have told anybody  why, if anybody could have asked him;  

    B2

    Inside Kendall Jenner’s Home at Christmas | Open Door | Architectural Digest

    10:33Inside Kendall Jenner’s Home at Christmas | Open Door | Architectural Digest
    • I sat here last night by myself with a glass of wine and just watched my fire and my tree, and it literally could not have brought me any more joy.

      I sat here last night by myself with a glass of wine and just watched my fire and my tree, and it literally could not have brought me any more joy.

    • and it literally could not have brought me any more joy.

      and it literally could not have brought me any more joy.

    A2

    與其向伴侶道歉,不如這樣說... ► 聽聽婚姻治療師怎麼說 - Esther Perel 埃絲特.沛瑞爾(中英字幕)

    02:46與其向伴侶道歉,不如這樣說... ► 聽聽婚姻治療師怎麼說 -  Esther Perel 埃絲特.沛瑞爾(中英字幕)
    • But if you actually said, "I'm so thankful that you're here because I could not have stayed at the office late, I could not have gone to that last-minute dinner, I could not have gone and seen so-and-so if you were not here," and instead of apologizing you thank, then you are actually saying "I couldn't do this without you," which means I am an independent person who is completely interdependent with you.

      But if you actually said, "I'm so thankful that you're here because I could not have stayed at the office late, I could not have gone to that last-minute dinner, I could not have gone and seen so-and-so if you were not here," and instead of apologizing you thank, then you are actually saying "I couldn't do this without you," which means I am an independent person who is completely interdependent with you.

    • But if you actually said, I'm so thankful that you're here because I could not have stayed at the office late.

      But if you actually said, I'm so thankful that you're here because I could not have stayed at the office late.

    A2

    President Obama Delivers the Rutgers University Commencement Address

    42:30President Obama Delivers the Rutgers University Commencement Address
    • So today, you join a long line of Scarlet Knights whose energy and intellect have lifted this university to heights its founders could not have imagined.

      So today, you join a long line of Scarlet Knights whose energy and intellect have lifted this university to heights its founders could not have imagined.

    • heights its founders could not have imagined.

      heights its founders could not have imagined.

    B1

    Ron Chernow (FULL EPISODE) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

    00:00Ron Chernow (FULL EPISODE) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
    • He could not have had a better, you know wife than than Libby

      He could not have had a better, you know wife than than Libby

    • He could not have had a better wife than Livy.

      He could not have had a better wife than Livy.

    B1

    Dave Franco And Wife Alison Brie Share A Special Kind Of On-Screen Intimacy In "Together"

    08:30Dave Franco And Wife Alison Brie Share A Special Kind Of On-Screen Intimacy In "Together"
    • But inevitably, one of us would have to go, and we would drag the other one with us, and I just remember there was a moment where she was peeing, and I was standing above her, attached to her, and I remember thinking, we could not have made this movie with anyone else, and then I handed her some toilet paper, and we went back to work.

      But inevitably, one of us would have to go, and we would drag the other one with us, and I just remember there was a moment where she was peeing, and I was standing above her, attached to her, and I remember thinking, we could not have made this movie with anyone else, and then I handed her some toilet paper, and we went back to work.

    • And I remember thinking, "We could not have made this movie with anyone else." And then I handed her some toilet paper,

      And I remember thinking, "We could not have made this movie with anyone else." And then I handed her some toilet paper,

    A2

    Laundry Day Gets Steamy for Ross and Rachel | Friends

    01:10Laundry Day Gets Steamy for Ross and Rachel | Friends
    • I could not have done this without you. Okay, um, uh, more clothes in the dryer? Oh!

      I could not have done this without you. Okay, um, uh, more clothes in the dryer? Oh!

    A2

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.

    14:37A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
    • Your past." Perhaps Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have asked him,

      Your past." Perhaps Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have asked him,

    • Perhaps Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have

      Perhaps Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have

    B2

    Learn English with STAR WARS!

    32:27Learn English with STAR WARS!
    • "You could not have done anything. There was not anything you could have done."

      "You could not have done anything. There was not anything you could have done."

    • and Leia says, "Luke, there wasn't anything you could have done." So, Leia - again, talking about past possibility - she's saying, "You could not have done anything.

      and Leia says, "Luke, there wasn't anything you could have done." So, Leia - again, talking about past possibility - she's saying, "You could not have done anything.

    A2

    Trump University: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

    12:38Trump University: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
    • but before you do, learn what you're getting yourself into." Donald, I could not have said it better myself.

      but before you do, learn what you're getting yourself into." Donald, I could not have said it better myself.

    • Donald, I could not have said it better myself.

      Donald, I could not have said it better myself.

    B2