For instance, when you ask a colleague for assistance, he/she may reply like this:"I would like to help but cannot."

比如，你找一个同事帮忙，你听到的回答可能是：“我很想帮你，可是不行啊。

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Clinton said in the absence of an Iranian reply, it is premature to talk about what may happen if Tehran ultimately rejects the offer.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Emotional readers may well reply to the above that Napolitano and libertarians more broadly seek a return to the segregation of the past.

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To his own numbers, Bartlett may well reply today that tax rates can no longer be explained away as the reason for a reduction in startups, and subsequent IPOs (46 in 2010 versus 210 in 2000).

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You may cut me off in mid-sentence or gaze at your Blackberry during my reply.

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