YOU CANNOT / COULD NOT BUT ...

Meaning of YOU CANNOT / COULD NOT BUT ... in English

( formal ) used to show that everything else is impossible except the thing that you are saying :

What could he do but forgive her? (= that was the only thing possible)

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CANNOT — dili mahimo;dili puwede
English-Visayan vocabulary
COULD — see: can Etymology: Middle English couthe, coude, from Old English cūthe; akin to Old High German konda ~ Date: 13th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANNOT — Date: 15th century can not
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NOT — I. |nät, usu -äd.+V adverb or -nt or -n't (ə)n(t), ( ə )n(t) ; also -not (|)nät sometimes -_nət, usu …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUT — I. (ˈ)bət, usu -əd.+V conjunction Etymology: Middle English, conjunction & preposition, from Old English būtan, būte, conjunction & preposition, without, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COULD — or archaic 2d sing couldst Etymology: alteration (influenced by should and would ) of Middle English coude, couthe, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANNOT — ˈka(ˌ)nät, kəˈnät, kaˈnät, ˈkanət, ˈka(n)ˈnät, usu -d.+V Etymology: Middle English, from can (I) + not : can not • - …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COULD — (imp.) Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or …
Английский словарь Webster
COULD — (imp.) of Can
Английский словарь Webster
CANNOT — () Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.
Английский словарь Webster
CANNOT — Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COULD — /kood/ ; unstressed /keuhd/ , v. 1. a pt. of can 1 . auxiliary verb. 2. (used to express possibility): …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANNOT — /kan"ot, ka not", keuh-/ , v. 1. a form of can not. 2. cannot but , have no alternative but …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUT — but 1 /but/ ; unstressed /beuht/ , conj. 1. on the contrary; yet: My brother went, but I did not. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANNOT — v. not able; not capable; not entitled
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COULD — verbal auxiliary, past of can Etymology: Middle English couthe, coude, from Old English cūthe; akin to Old High German konda …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANNOT — Date: 15th century : can not • - cannot but
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COULD — impf of can. 2. could ·impf was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. used as an auxiliary, …
Webster English vocab
CANNOT — am, is, or are, not able; written either as one word or two.
Webster English vocab
BUT — noun a limit; a boundary. 2. but ·vt a thrust in fencing. 3. but ·vi ·see butt, ·v, and abut, …
Webster English vocab
CANNOT — ■ contraction can not. Usage Both the one-word form ~ and the two-word form can not are acceptable, but ~ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COULD — [could] [ME couthe, coude, fr. OE cuthe; akin to OHG konda could] past of can--used in auxiliary function in the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CANNOT — [can.not] (15c): can not -- cannot but or cannot help but also cannot help : to be unable to do …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COULD — could strong form BrE AmE kʊd , occasional weak form kəd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CANNOT — cannot BrE AmE ˈkæn ɒt -ət; § kæ ˈnɒt, kə- AmE ˈkæn ɑːt kə ˈnɑːt, kæ- —see also ↑ can't
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COULD — / kəd; NAmE ; strong form kʊd/ modal verb ( negative could not , short form couldn't / ˈkʊdnt; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANNOT — / ˈkænɒt; NAmE -nɑːt/ = can not : I cannot believe the price of the tickets!
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOT — not S1 W1 /nɒt $ nɑːt/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: nought ] 1 . used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COULD — could S1 W1 /kəd; strong kʊd/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form couldn’t ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANNOT — can ‧ not /ˈkænət, -nɒt $ -nɑːt/ BrE AmE modal verb 1 . a negative form of ‘can’: Mrs Armstrong …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUT — I. but 1 S1 W1 /bət; strong bʌt/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: butan 'outside, without, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANNOT — v.aux. can not.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CANNOT — v.aux. can not.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUT — conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. conj. 1 a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CANNOT — v.aux. can not.
Oxford English vocab
BUT — 1.conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. --conj. 1. a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Oxford English vocab
NOT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Not' is often shortened to 'n’t' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COULD — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Could' is a modal verb. It …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANNOT — Cannot is the negative form of can .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use but to introduce something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COULD — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Could' is a modal verb. It …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CANNOT — Cannot is the negative form of can .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COULD — modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as far as the eye could see (= all the distance you could see …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CANNOT — modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cannot be faulted ▪ The judge cannot be faulted on his decision. cannot be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUT — I. conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bloody but unbowed ▪ After the fight, Ali was bloody but unbowed . But …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COULD — (SUGGEST) [auxiliary verb] [+ infinitive without to] - used for making a suggestionYou could always try painting the wall a …
Cambridge English vocab
CANNOT — [auxiliary verb] [formal or US] - can not; to be unable or not allowed toI cannot predict what will happen …
Cambridge English vocab
NOT — INDEX: 1. not 2. stronger expressions meaning not 3. not one thing and not the other RELATED WORDS see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
COULD — • ↑ may/might/could
Longman Activator English vocab
CANNOT — • ↑ can't/cannot
Longman Activator English vocab
CANNOT — canton conant
Anagrams English vocabulary
COULD — modal verb 1 BAD : As I've already mentioned, I could learn a great deal during the two years I …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
NOT — нареч. 1) не, нет, ни (в соединении с вспомогательными и модальными глаголами n't it is hot, is it not (или …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COULD — прош. вр. от can I 1) выражает вежливую просьбу что-л. сделать Could you be so kind as to tell me …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANNOT — гл.; отр. от can I отрицательная форма настоящего времени гл. can
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. нареч. лишь, только, единственно; просто He is but a child. ≈ Он всего лишь …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANNOT — Отрицательная форма саn
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NOT — not.ogg nɒt adv 1. не, ни ( в соединении с вспомогательными и модальными глаголами в разговорной речи n't) not infrequently …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COULD — could.ogg kʋd (полная форма); kəd (редуцированная форма) 1. past от can 2. с простым инфинитивом обыкн. в условных предложениях выражает …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CANNOT — отрицательная форма настоящего времени гл. can1
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUT — but.ogg _I 1. bʌt n возражение your ifs and buts make me tired - мне надоели ваши «если» и «но» …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NOT — 1) не 2) нет 3) ни 4) операция "не" • diode is not conducting — диод закрыт drill does not run true — сверло отклоняется от …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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