Would is a little easier to understand because it is not related to could or can , and its uses are more specific. Would is used to talk about a possible situation that has not happened or that you are imagining "I would quit my job if I won the lottery. Would can also be used to ask polite questions "Would you mind if I had another cup of tea? It has several distinct uses that can and could do not, however: it is used to give opinions "I wouldn't do that if I were you," or "I would say that she is in her 30s.
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Vocabulary Quiz. Take the Quiz ». Name That Thing. Take our visual quiz. I could speak Chinese when I was a kid. Yesterday, I could lift the couch by myself. Not Correct. I couldn't run more than a mile in my twenties. I couldn't speak Swahili. Yesterday, I couldn't lift the couch by myself. Could I have something to drink? Could I borrow your stapler? Requests usually refer to the near future.
Couldn't he come with us? Couldn't you help me with this for just a second? She could drive, if someone would simply tell her where they were. Nick was trying to wake her up so they could go to the mall. Could you get them out? All this attention from Howard could be due to a guilty conscience. Maybe when she got back she could replace her old one. Only low brush could grow in so small a space Only blindness could have prevented her from knowing that she was unusually attractive.
Yeah, you could get to it, but it would take a while, and you'd be subjecting yourself to thorns, ticks, snakes and about ten miles of the roughest country you can imagine. I couldn't stay here," she stuttered. If I could use your phone, Mrs. Giddon, I'll see if I can find someone to come get me. Being close enough so that she could attend college while living at home had been their rationalization, but she suspected they were also trying to stimulate her social life. The money would dry, and her clothes could be washed.
He's a big horse, but I couldn't make him carry the two of us in that terrain. She gripped him around the waist, wishing she could crush the breath from him.
By now she was so turned around that she couldn't have found her way to the ATV, much less the road. How could he take advantage of her that way? Still, what could he expect? I hate to ask you for another favor, but I wonder if I could pay you to drive me home.
He could hardly be blamed if he chose to make her walk home. He and Sarah had done far more for her than could have been expected. He glanced up as she entered and turned the photo around so that she could see the picture.
I could have Not that she could deny a vivid imagination. Tammy could swim almost as well as Lisa, but Sarah couldn't swim at all, confessing unabashed that she was afraid of the water. Still, how could Giddon know? He couldn't help but detect her wild pulse.
Could you have Howard look into his record? Of course, she could call Connie, but Yancey's conversation on the phone was fresh in her memory. They had talked in front of her, so it couldn't be what she thought. She searched around for a landmark that could be seen over the trees, but nothing was tall enough. She couldn't outrun it - in any condition, and it could climb a tree as fast as she could.
Of course, she could take his. You could have been killed today, you know that? She said she couldn't tolerate his moods. Who could blame Valorie for shrinking from Yancey's temper? Sarah was his mother, so he would be respectful, and if he wasn't she could always walk away. If he thought he could terrorize her, he had another think coming.
There could be a number of reasons that Sarah would welcome her as a daughter-in-law, not the least of which was the goings-on down that path. Still, if she could get into that building and find out, it might ease her mind. At his affirmative nod, she hurried to her room and changed into jeans and sneakers before he could change his mind.
Could he actually be involved in anything less than honest? Tammy could have been born when he was very young. Maybe that was a lead Howard could use. No, nothing could explain the exchange she witnessed. And yet, if he was involved in something illegal, they could have nothing together. If she could only get inside that building. She started to shut the door, but he had the storm door open and his foot in the door before she could react.
An answer was impossible, even if she could stop coughing long enough. Before she could get a word out, Howard covered her mouth with his. I asked Connie if you could Hopefully, the why of it wouldn't come out until she could explore that building. Len was the only one left she could trust, and she couldn't tell him anything without implicating Yancey.
It was a total mystery to her why Len and Howard couldn't light a fire in her the way Yancey did. She could barely breath. If he wanted to hurt me, he could follow me in my car. She could have left then, and might have if curiosity hadn't gotten the best of her.
Maybe one of those brown sacks in the laundry room would work, and she could put the pictures in with it. Then today when I couldn't find her.
What was it he said that day in the mountains Could she have been wrong about it all? Of course, a little make-up and the right clothes could do wonders - which was a good way to wind up straying off the path she had mapped before she left home. I know I could get mugged, but that could happen in the hospital parking lot if I was driving a car. Sure, she could be mule headed, and sometimes she was moody, but was she that bad? She couldn't have been more awake before she left the house.
How could they have missed feeling the light flakes that had been kissing their cheeks? We couldn't afford an apartment right now - even with the two of us. If only she could shout it to the world. How could you not know, when he invited you to go see his parents?
I always heard marriage could break up a good friendship. Could all this be happening to her? I thought maybe you could look at him.
Maybe you could even talk him into going to the doctor - or at least calling the doctor. If his father was that ill, maybe she could encourage him to go to the doctor. Watching the two of them, it was all she could do to control her own tears She could have administered CPR until the ambulance arrived. Could she blame him? If you had left when Brandon wanted you to, you still couldn't have done anything. His hands gripped her shoulders and pulled her back so that he could see her face.
What can he do out there right now that he couldn't do a month and a half from now. In such a small town, there couldn't be many positions, and the pay wouldn't come close to what she was making in Tulsa. Surely she couldn't be expected to commute that kind of distance on a regular basis. They could hardly say she hadn't tried. They were offering more than she could make after several years' experience at the hospital in Tulsa.
Her hair was drawn back severely into a bun and she had black eyes that could render a lie detector machine obsolete. She couldn't tear her gaze from his. She's got a sharp tongue, but she could make shoe soles taste like fine steak. All the money in the world couldn't have saved her. She couldn't resist teasing him. You couldn't find any eggs for our breakfast? What was going on behind those fantastic eyes, she couldn't say, but Pete's jaw must have dropped a mile.
Money would be tight, but they could manage. The only way he could have known was by asking Mrs. Finally Royce could contain himself no longer.
It was amazing how clearly a person could see things when trouble lurked on the horizon. He held her without speaking, probably sensing there was little he could say to make her feel better. He couldn't be serious. Even now he could walk away. Cassie could feel them all watching her as she settled to the ground. Cassie cleaned the supper dishes as best she could with sand, and stored them in one of the packs.
She could hardly wait to get back to Texas. A home with bittersweet memories - a home she could no longer have? Instead, she allowed him to gently turn her body so that he could gaze into her eyes. She had thought she could never be coerced, but the truth was, she had never been tempted. Could it grow strong enough to make her forget about those who depended on her?
He lifted his rifle, cocking it as quietly as he could , and she followed suit. How could they get away, leaving such a trail? She couldn't let him do that. How could he be so cruel? Could she make it across the lava field by herself? Bordeaux clamped a hand over her mouth before she could speak. They couldn't be seen unless someone came down into the ravine. I could tell it was shod. I suppose you could call it that. It was hard to believe a village could be this close and they didn't know it was there.
Unless someone knew the area, they could pass within a hundred feet of it and not know it was there. She turned her back on Bordeaux and pulled her shirt from her pants, unbuttoning it so that the water could reach the sweat stained area under her breasts. They would probably be leaving very soon and anything she could do to hurry the process meant they would get to Ashley sooner.
If only she could understand their words. If they served something she couldn't eat, she'd feign illness. We came back with help, though, but we couldn't find you. He couldn't have planned the Indian raid, though. But then, what could they do? Cassie couldn't help but smile at the way Darcie described her fellow gender. As for the ranch, she had always known it could be taken away. Maybe she could convince her father to repay the money she had put into the ranch — if he hadn't already spent it.
Could you wait for me here, honey? Bordeaux said he couldn't get you to come back with him, but I guess he was wrong. Besides, he did come back Cassie could feel Bordeaux's intent gaze. Darcie couldn't stand the gossip and rude behavior in every town, so she finally went back to the Indians.
She took a job in a saloon so she could eat. I never would have believed a woman could be so kind hearted and so suspicious at the same time. That would explain why he couldn't be found. You might as well know right now that I wanted to buy your ranch so I could use the creek. Aunt Clara and Uncle George couldn't find enough good things to say about you. A person couldn't avoid fate, but they could control the way they responded to it.
She could set her clock by his arrival - eight o'clock every Friday night - in a blue plaid western shirt and battered black cowboy hat.
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