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How to pronounce“could”in English

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In natural English speech, "could" appears in contexts such as: "in 1984 was of uh of you know, two or three world powers each so powerful that nobody could could diminish the could could destroy the other. Um but the notion of uh an evolutionarily stable relationship among". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/kəd/

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in 1984 was of uh of you know, two or three world powers each so powerful that nobody could

could diminish the could could destroy the other. Um

but the notion of uh an evolutionarily stable relationship among

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verb

simple past of can

“Before I was blind, I could see very well.”

verb

conditional of can

“"If I'd had a paddle I could've spun by that dashed root," Meekins said, feeling some apology due for the mishap. "When I first climbed out of that fool creek I thought my arm had got twisted off, but I guess it ain't."”

noun

Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

“When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.”

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