Exercise III. Choose the most fitting meaning of the two pertained to the modal verb can/could and translate the sentences faithfully into Ukrainian.
1. If we ignore this problem, we can easily find ourselves in an embarrasing situation. (Stevenson) 2. «I don't think I can stand it.» 3. «I'd send you a certain sum of money and you could give it him gradually, as he needed it.» 4. «Even now I can hardly believe it's true.» 5. «I can tell you why he left his wife - from pure selfishness and nothing else whatever.» 6. «Why can't you write yourself?» 7. «I could not hear what he said.» 8. «Why can't he go to a hospital?»
9.1 could not tell how they were getting on. (Maugham) 10. «It's more than he's worth, I know, but it can't be helped now.» (Dreiser) 11. «If it wasn't for the mist, we could see your home across the bay.» 12. Neitner of them can stand the person they're married to. Can they?» (Fitzgerald) 13. He couldn't say the word «dead». (W.Trevor) 14. «You'll have no trouble. I can assure you.» (Christie) 15. «Pardon, but could you tell me if a Mr. or Mrs.Robinson resides here?» (Ibid.)
16. «I couldn't take the chance of letting it be known that there was
doubt.» (Hailey) 17. «I can't bear the look of that horrible muzzle.»
(C.S.Lewis) 18. I could not believe that Strickland had fallen in love
with Blanche Stroeve. (Maugham) 19. I could think of no excuse.
(Christie) 20. «You can't expect me to think it's a very good system.»
(Hemingway) 21. «I couldn't expect you to understand it.» (Maugham)
22. «What's your opinion, Joe?» «It could be a bone tumor?» (Hailey)