So they asked to come to Gonaives. "I couldn't tell them no because they were the ones who took care of my daughter in Port-au-Prince."

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I couldn't tell what you said, sorry.

我听不清你们说的是什么，不好意思。

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I'm sure he will stop eating too much sugar, but why couldn't you tell him this a month ago, ?" when I came all the way here?"

我肯定他不会再吃太多糖，但为什么不在一个月前告诉他，在我长途赶来的时候“

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"I had run a 20K but I couldn't tell the difference between a kilometer and a mile -- I thought I had done 20 miles so I thought I could do the other six quite easily, " he said.

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After starting a burn camp in San Diego when I was 30, I couldn't tell the children to face their fears jumping off the diving board when I feared fire.

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It was what I couldn't tell (unintelligible) my God, I want to find them.

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