Verb

(head)

(can)

Before I was blind, I could see very well.

conditional of can

#

I think he could do it if he really wanted to.

I wish I could fly!

# (Used to politely ask for permission to do something).

# ( Used to politely ask for someone else to do something).

# (Used to show the possibility that something might happen).

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}

# (Used to suggest something).