can't
uk/kɑːnt/us/kænt/short formofcannot:
Speak up! I can'thearyou.
often used tosuggestthat someone should do aparticularthing,especiallywhen itseemstheobviousthing to do:
Can't you just take thedressback to theshopif it doesn'tfit?
- I can'trememberhisname.
- It can't have been muchlaterthan three.
- I can'tbearthesightofblood.
- Can't youworkabitquicker?
- I'msorry, I can'tliftthiscase.
- I can'tconcentratewhen youkeepchatteringall thetime.
- "I can'tfindmykeys." "Have youcheckedinyourjacketpockets?"
- If Idrinktoo muchcoffee, I can'tsleep.
- I can'taffordtobuyahouse.
- Theholeis sodeepyou can'tseethebottom.
- You can't have too manyextraexamples.
Impossible and improbable
- apt
- aptness
- be out of the questionidiom
- be pissing in the windidiom
- beggar
- doubt
- fear
- flimsily
- flimsiness
- goodbye
- goodbye tosomethingidiom
- impenetrably
- implausibility
- nail
- nohow
- not have a snowball's chance in hellidiom
- one in a millionidiom
- pig
- pigs might flyidiom
- unicorn
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I can't even