We could not conceive that he might soon be dead.

我们无法相信他可能很快就会死去。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I could be dead for all he cares!

我是死是活，他才不关心呢！

《牛津词典》

How horrible it would be if the patient couldn't communicate yet could understand the people standing around his hospital bed, talking about him as if he were dead.

当人们围着他把他当死人一般谈论着时，如果病人只是无法交流，却能理解谈话，这该是多么糟糕啊！

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If I knew, he could be dead - I would be inside because I would have killed him.

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The physicians said that, because there was no chance of recovery, he could still be considered dead.

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But critics worry that his claims that he can hear the dead could be harmful to those desperate to make contact with relatives who've passed away.

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