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не можех
English
English
Bulgarian
Bulgarian
you couldn't wish for better weather
не може да си пожелаем по-хубаво време
I couldn't swear to it inf
не съм съвсем сигурен
Bulgarian
Bulgarian
English
English
останах неразбран от събеседниците си
I couldn't get through to my interlocutors
нищо не зацепих от тази задача
I couldn't solve this problem at all
нервите ми не издържаха
my nerves couldn't stand [or bear up] the strain
не можахме да вместим мебелите в стаята
we couldn't fit the furniture into the room
ще ми накривиш шапката iron
I couldn't care less
все ми е едно inf
I couldn't care less
не бръсна никого за слива pej inf
I couldn't care less
вятър ме вее на бял кон inf (не ми пука)
I couldn't care less
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
try as I would, I couldn't
колкото и да се опитвах, не можах
you couldn't wish for better weather
не може да си пожелаем по-хубаво време
I couldn't swear to it inf
не съм съвсем сигурен
нищо не зацепих от тази задача
I couldn't solve this problem at all
обърках се и не можах да му отговоря
I got muddled up and couldn't answer him
не можахме да вместим мебелите в стаята
we couldn't fit the furniture into the room
останах неразбран от събеседниците си
I couldn't get through to my interlocutors
не можах да загрея какво той иска да каже
I couldn't twig what he meant
той се забърка и не можа да отговори
he got mixed up and couldn't answer
нервите ми не издържаха
my nerves couldn't stand [or bear up] the strain
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
She doesn't drink, swear or blaspheme but neither does she pontificate about any of them.
www.smh.com.au
But the young lady is determined to tame the philanderer and make him swear to be true to her before she accepts his proposal.
en.wikipedia.org
He signed a new law requiring that manufacturers and wholesalers swear under penalty of perjury that they are not selling untaxed cigarettes.
en.wikipedia.org
Some will swear up and down that there is no better way to make coffee.
lifehacker.com
This procedure requires the devisee or heir colleting the property to swear they are entitled to it and will distribute it to any other entitled devisees or heirs.
www.denverpost.com

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