They never said you can't do it because you're a woman, so it never occurred to me that I couldn't do it" But she says things are starting to look better for women composers.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

On the stair leading up into the disinfectant-smelling twilight of a rooming house, she saw an old man huddled, shaking with grief she couldn't hear.

登上梯子，在一间散发着,消毒水气味的昏暗公寓里，她看到了一个老人缩成一团，以一种他无法感受的哀伤颤抖着。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

She said it was nearby, but couldn't give me the address.

她说就在附近，但没能给我具体地址。

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Although she couldn't name who might now be sponsoring the group, she thinks it's unlikely the LRA has been able to sustain its campaign this long without outside help.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

And she said she had some sort of lung disease and she couldn't get out of Paris and she knew where every tomb was.

她说她有某种肺病,她不能离开巴黎,她知道每座坟墓的位置

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

She couldn't do that because she didn't know what the right answer is.

她无法那样尝试,因为她并不知道正确的答案是什么

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But she couldn't get tickets. And she is so disappointed.

但她没能买到票，因此特别失望。

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