我本来可以这样消耗掉我的体力的。

I could have used the exertion.

youdao

我本来可以不写，但正义要求我为自己的品格辩护。

I would not have written, but justice requires my character to be defended.

youdao

我本来可以问问尿血的事儿，可是他们能他妈告诉我什么？

I could ask about the blood while I'm here, but what the hell is he gonna tell me?

youdao

Or my life would've gone better for this period of ten years, but then it would've become worse.

或者说我的生活在这十年本来可以更好，然后它会变得糟糕。

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I could have brought it to class and showed it to you, but this was issued during the Revolutionary War to help finance the war.

我本来可以把它带到课上,给你们看一下,这张债券发行于,独立战争期间,其目的是战争筹款

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