But what could I do — oh! What could I do with a dollar and eighty - seven cents?
但是我能怎么办呢——唉,只有一元八角七,我能干什么呢?
But what could I do about it? Hit him with a Can of shoe polish? A man his size could grind me into the floor.
可是我该怎么办呢?用装鞋油的罐子打他吗?他这个块头可以揍扁了我。
I wanted to help, but what could I do? There was no one else on the beach, and the nearest phone to call the Marine Patrol was miles away.
我想帮助它,但我该做些什么呢?在沙滩上再也没有别的人了,向海军巡逻队求救的话,最近的电话亭又在几英里以外。
I could hear voices but I couldn't make out what they were saying.
我能听到说话的声音,却听不清他们在说什么。
I don't know what I've done to upset him, but if looks could kill...
我不知道做了什么惹他生气了,他那样子简直吓死人。
"In my career as a competitive freediver, there was a limit to what I could do—but it wasn't anywhere near what I thought it was," she says.
她说:“作为一名有竞争力的自由潜水员,我在职业生涯中所能做的是有限的,但限制我的和我想象中完全不同。”
I saw something black sitting there, but it was right next to a woman standing by the fountain, so I could not tell what it was or if it was hers.
我看见一个黑色的东西放在那里,但一个站在喷泉旁边的女人就在它旁边,所以我不知道那是什么东西,也不能分辨那是不是她的东西。
I'm not sure that your fish will be able to remember what your face looks like, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it could remember you in other ways, perhaps by the sound of your footsteps as you walk towards the tank.
我不确定你的鱼是否能记住你的脸,但如果它能以其他方式记住你,也许是通过你走向鱼缸时的脚步声,我也不会太惊讶。
What was happening I could not very well make out, but would keep staring at the rows of lighted casements from my place in the darkness.
那里在发生什么事我不可能琢磨清楚,但我还是从我在暗处的地方继续盯着一排排灯火明亮的玻璃窗。
So what about those questions/comments like: "I wish I could take this class, but I can't take three days off or travel." and so on?
所以我们就有了以下这些问题/评论:“我希望可以参加这个课程,但是我不能请三天的假或者花在旅程上”或者等等?
But what if I said there is a place even higher than Everest, with a gentle three-degree slope that you could stroll up?
但如果我说还有比珠峰更高,却只有三度左右的平缓坡度以至于你能漫步其上的地方,你会怎么想呢?
I wish I could agree with you, but if you ask me, kids aren't very affected by what they see on TV because they know it isn't real.
我希望我能同意,但是如果你问我的意见,我认为孩子们不会被他们在电视上看到的所影响,因为他们知道那不是真的。
I loved her tenderly, deeply, but I reflected and kept asking myself what our love could lead to if we had not the strength to fight against it.
我温柔地深深地爱着她,但是我一直在细想这份爱,一直在问自己如果我们没有力量抗拒这份爱,这份爱能通往何方。
I tried to explain to him what it was and that it had been to the moon, but his life is so different from mine or yours that he had no context in which he could understand what I was saying.
我尝试不止一次向他解释什么是脱水鸡肉,以及它被送上过月球。但是他的生活与你我的太不相同,因此他完全不能理解我说的事。
But I was not then master enough of myself to know what could or ought to be revealed.
可是当时我自己也捉摸不住自己,不知道哪些话可以讲,哪些话应该讲。
As for the personals and dating services, sure, I'd like to meet people, but what sort of AD could I write?
对于私人广告和相亲介绍,当然,我想与人们相遇,但是我能写哪一种广告?
But although I laughed I couldn't bear to think about what could have happened.
虽然我也笑了,但我却不敢去想那些本来可能会发生的事情。
I was able to turn my head but was too afraid to look at what could be causing it.
我的头还是可以转动的,但我不敢看究竟是什么东西压著我。
I guess you could say that I was darkly fascinated with these things, but of course what I was really looking for was reassurance.
我猜你会说是我自己深深为这些事情着迷,但确实,我真正在寻找的就是安心。
We will see what happens in the future, you never know what may happen, but I could beat the record.
看看吧,谁知道会发生什么呢,我会打破纪录的?
But sometimes I could say what I choose to be, "How are you?" "Pretty damn good."
但有时,我可以选择那些我想要说的话,“你好吗”,“非常好”。
What I loved in you was not the man you were but the man you could be.
我在你身上所爱的,不是现在的人,而是以后应该变成的人。
So far, I do not know of any study that I could call upon in order to prove what I just said, but my own experience tells me this is the case.
迄今为止,就我所知,并没有相关的研究(这是我强烈呼吁的)可以证明我的看法,但我的经验告诉我存在这样的情形。
I plan to finish this school year, but if I continue, I ll probably be paying more for what could be an inferior education.
我打算结束这学年的学习,但是如果我继续学的话,我可能为劣等的教育支付更多金钱。
In general I'll allow that it would be, Ellen, 'she continued;' but what misery laid on Heathcliff could content me, unless I have a hand in it?
“一般情况我可以这样,艾伦。”她接着说,“可是除非我也下手,不然,不管希刺克厉夫遭到多大的不幸,我都不会满足。”
I thought I had made a pretty good start, but nothing could have prepared me for what was about to happen.
我以为自己已经有了一个良好的开端,但接下来发生的一件事令我怎么也没想到。
I plan to finish this school year, but if I continue, I'll probably be paying more for what could be an inferior education.
我打算结束这学年的学习,但是如果我继续学的话,我可能为劣等的教育支付更多金钱。
And outraged, nauseous, flabbergasted ... I wish I could say I can't imagine what they were thinking, but in fact I do have a guess.
我感到受了伤害,并且愤怒、恶心、震惊······ 我但愿自己能说无法想像出他们的想法,但事实上我有一个猜想。
And outraged, nauseous, flabbergasted ... I wish I could say I can't imagine what they were thinking, but in fact I do have a guess.
我感到受了伤害,并且愤怒、恶心、震惊······ 我但愿自己能说无法想像出他们的想法,但事实上我有一个猜想。
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