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0 to be able to:
Can you drive?
The doctors are doing all that they can, but she's still not breathing properly.
Do the best you can - I realize the circumstances are not ideal.
If the party is awful, we can always leave (= that would be one possible solution to our problem).
"She's really furious about it." "Can you blame her (= I'm not surprised)?"
"I need you to pick up the kids today." "Sorry, no can do (= no I can't)."
1 to be allowed to:
2 used to request something:
3 used to express possibility:
5 a closed metal container, especially cylinder-shaped, in which some types of drink and food are sold:
6 → headphones :
7 informal for prison:
8 informal for toilet
9 to put food and drink into a closed metal container without air:
11 a metal container, esp. a closed, cylindrical container in which food and drink are packaged:
12 to preserve food by putting it into a can or into a jar (= glass container) from which the air is removed:
13 to be able to:
14 to be allowed or to have permission:
15 used to express possibility in the present:
16 used in polite offers of help or by someone who provides service, as in a store:
17 to put food or drink into a closed metal container to preserve it: