I knew what I could do in the minor leagues, I just wanted a chance to prove myself in the majors.
我知道我能在小联合会中做些什么，我只是想要一个在大型职业总会中证明自己的机会。
I was wondering what I could do to improve my paper before the final draft is due.
我想知道在终稿截止期之前，我能做些什么来完善我的论文。
Without him around, I am not sure how I could do a senior thesis on The Canterbury Tales books.
如果没有他在身边，我不确定自己是否能完成这篇关于坎特伯雷故事集的毕业论文。
Imagine I actually wanted to gather them together. I wanted to collect them, so I could do something with them.
想象一下我真的想把它们收集在一起。我想收集它们，这样我就可以用它们做点什么。
"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。”
Once I was watching something about cooking on TV and I thought I could do this, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find.
有一次我在电视上看有关烹饪的节目，我想我可以做这个，所以就去书店找自己所能找到的内容最多的烹饪书。
I'd be glad if the boys slept a little longer so I could do some ironing.
如果男孩子们多睡一会儿我就高兴了，可以熨熨衣服。
No dessert for me, thanks. It was as much as I could do to finish the main course.
谢谢，别给我甜食了。我吃完这道主菜就不错了。
It's the least I could do, please!
这是我能做的最起码的事了，求你了！
I knew I could do it if I practiced.
我知道只要多练习，我就能做到。
To achieve my dream, I thought of something I could do.
为了实现我的梦想，我想到了一些我可以做的事情。
Now I could do almost nothing even if people asked me.
现在，即使有人叫我，我也几乎什么都做不了。
I came to believe that I could do nothing about my weight.
我开始觉得我对自己的体重无能为力。
"How I wish I could do something different today," said the twins with one voice.
“我多么希望我今天能做些不一样的事情，”双胞胎异口同声地说。
I didn't believe I could do it until I got to the top of Mount Tai.
直到登上泰山之巅，我才相信我能做到。
I decided to call my boss for leave, but laughing was the only thing I could do on the phone.
我决定向老板请假，但在电话里我只能不停地笑。
Things got so bad that I even asked my old boss if I could do some work for the magazine.
事情变得非常糟糕，我甚至问我的前老板是否可以在杂志社做一些工作。
"I saw it crawl up the wall bit by bit. It did not stop, but went on and on. And I thought I could do the same. So I recited it bit by bit, and did not give up," said Tom.
“我看到它一点一点地爬上墙，它没有停下来，而是继续前进。我觉得我也能做到。所以我一点一点地背诵，并没有放弃。”汤姆说。
In any case, if I could do it again, I'd still make the same choice.
无论如何，如果再给我一次机会，我仍然会做出同样的选择。
I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again.
我回到家，练习用棍子打钉子，直到我能做到为止。今天早上我很早起床，然后再次尝试。
In the fall, I flew up to Boston to see what I could do to help.
当年秋天，我飞到波士顿去瞧瞧我能帮什么忙。
But all I could do was pretend I didn't care, and said, "Can we go now?"
但我能做的只有假装我不在乎，然后淡淡地说，“现在可以走了吗？”
Smaller cars were being swept around me. All I could do was sit in my truck.
我周围的小汽车都被冲走了，我唯一能做的就是待在卡车里。
No, listen. I'm not happy about it. But there wasn't a thing I could do.
不，听我说。我并不高兴发生了这样的事。但我毫无办法。
And it starts with internalizing heroic imagination, namely - I could do it.
这些来自内化在心底的英雄情结，即——我能办到！
Inspired by this friend, I realized that I could do exactly what I decided to do.
受这位朋友鼓舞，我意识到自己能准确无误按所计划而做。
My reaction, I’m afraid, was pure exhilaration: at last I could do things my way.
尽管我有点儿害怕，但我的反应是真的高兴，至少我可以按我自己的方式行事。
I just suddenly thought, Oh, there are loads of things I could do other than this.
我只是突然想到，哦，除了干这行其实还有大把的事我可以做的。
I just suddenly thought, Oh, there are loads of things I could do other than this.
我只是突然想到，哦，除了干这行其实还有大把的事我可以做的。
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