It just means he was-- he could've been hired by somebody to sit at a roadside and collect taxes and tolls and stuff.

他可能只是。。。,他受雇于某人在路边,收税款及通行费等等。

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You've got your flute-playing king, Frederick the Great, who could be awful. He could lash out.

普鲁士的腓特烈大帝热爱音乐,他很糟糕,花钱大手大脚

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And so he imagines that God, as omnipotent, could've made two plus two equals five.

所以他猜想，万能的上帝可以让二加二等于五。

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"He could've said 'I'm a multimillionaire' " and never returned, Coach Toney said.

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If he didn't get hurt there, he could've gotten hurt coming out of his house and falling down the steps.

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We can think of a lot more trouble-making things he could've been doing in the land of coffee shops and fun.

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