CANNOT - Translation from English into Russian

cannot [ˈkænɒt, Am -ɑ:t] VB aux

cannot = can not, can

can² <could, could> [kən] VB aux

1. can (be able to):

can: мочь

if I could: е́сли б я мог

I think she can help you: я ду́маю, что она́ мо́жет тебе́ помо́чь

I could have kissed her: я мог бы её поцелова́ть

2. can inf (be permitted to):

can: мочь

can: име́ть пра́во

you can't go: ты не мо́жешь идти́

could I look at it?: могу́ я на э́то посмотре́ть?

3. can (know how to):

can: мочь

can: уме́ть

can you swim?: ты уме́ешь пла́вать?

I. can¹ [kæn] N

1. can (container):

can: бидо́н m

can: жестяна́я ба́нка f

can of oil: кани́стра f

2. can Am inf (prison):

can: тюрьма́ f

3. can Am inf (toilet):

can: туале́т m

Phrases:

a can of worms: ку́ча неприя́тностей

a can of worms: о́чень сло́жная пробле́ма

to open (up) a can of worms fig: попа́сть в тру́дную ситуа́цию

to be in the can CINE: быть зако́нченным [или завершённым] (о фи́льме)

II. can¹ [kæn] VB trans

1. can (put in cans):

can: консерви́ровать

2. can Am inf (stop):

can it!: переста́нь!

can it!: прекрати́!

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I cannot choose but: мне ничего́ не остаётся, кро́ме как…

what's done cannot be undone: сде́ланного не воро́тишь

what's said cannot be unsaid proverbial: сло́во не воробе́й, вы́летит — не пойма́ешь

sb cannot get a word in edgeways, sb cannot get a word in edgewise Am inf: кому́-ли́бо и сло́ва вста́вить не да́ли

you cannot deny me my right to free speech: вы не мо́жете лиши́ть меня́ пра́ва свобо́ды сло́ва

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Visitors can circumnavigate the lake on a roughly 2.2 km long footpath and cycleway.

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Given an arbitrary point on a torus, four circles can be drawn through it.

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The eighteen dhtus can be arranged into six triads, where each triad is composed of a sense object, a sense organ, and sense consciousness.

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Who can then be allowed to unveil the truth behind this paradisiacal scenario?

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But heavy rain can turn to torrents sluicing off sun-baked desert or pavement into miles of flood channels constructed to protect homes and businesses.

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