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What do people use possibly to talk about?
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What words indicate that maybe something may happen or is true?
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What words indicate that the speaker is guessing about a number or amount, but is not certain?
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What words indicate that something is possible?
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What words indicate that your situation makes it impossible for you to do something?
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I can't possibly think your story is true.
I cannot possibly help you.
It was a purchase which he could not possibly afford.
I cannot possibly do it.
The hostess couldn't possibly put up with his arrogance.
Alice may possibly come.
I could not possibly finish the work in a few days.
It may possibly be fine tomorrow.
I cannot possibly finish the work by tomorrow.
Read as many books as you possibly can.
What else could you possibly give me that I don't already have?
It can't possibly work.
Possibly he knows who broke the windows.
He can't possibly write the letter by himself.
Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.
It could possibly become a big problem.
What he said could possibly be true.
That's the worst thing that could possibly happen.
Well, possibly you're right.
How could I have possibly known that?
How could Tom possibly know that?
Movie subtitles
How could they possibly sit on the sidelines with news coming in that their archenemies, the Spaniards, were making a killing overseas?
And, finally, we'll show you how new technologies are being used to search for, and possibly communicate with, advanced alien civilisations.
That person couldn't possibly desert you for one mistake.
I can't possibly miss out on my funeral.
And could you possibly be more incompetent?
Or, possibly this morning.
Possibly. But the question is, who is that?
Possibly never.
And sir, with Horace out of the way, his dog Kaiser could possibly leap right to the top of the podium.
You can't possibly eat all that food.
How could he have possibly brought this on us?
Your majesty cannot possibly blame me for the rage of the people.
I don't see how that trash can possibly concern me.
I have some loose hunting clothes which I keep for my guests. that you can possibly get into.
How could anybody possibly do this?
That might be a catalyst, meaning that, given time, those that we've overclocked ourselves could possibly acquire unimaginable powers as well.
If you were able to gain control of the station, do you think you could possibly just change its course?
How can he possibly move faster than me?
Could they possibly plan to use it as a bioweapon to trigger a pandemic?
Possibly.
How can you possibly endure this at all?!
Could you possibly help me to die in a uniform of my own choosing?
I wouldn't think of leaving you for something that can't possibly happen.
Possibly he can tell us about the Mutier escarpment.
Possibly we can learn something.
Her Exalted Majesty can't possibly have a lover.
They have a really great friendship, possibly more, so it's great to see them on-screen together. Lydia!
You're not possibly thinking about going abroad again to make more money, are you?
POSSIBLY.
Yes, but I've been figuring things up and I don't see how I could possibly let it go for less than 15,000.
Oh, possibly in about two days.
Father says it can't possibly.
My kid can't possibly be sick.
When I was called, the girl had been dead for possibly three or four hours.
You can't possibly escape. What chance have you got tied to me?
Possibly we had been a little imprudent, sir.
News and current affairs
The response - massive spending cuts - ensures that unacceptably high levels of unemployment (a vast waste of resources and an oversupply of suffering) will continue, possibly for years.
Finally, a new trade pact - possibly, but not necessarily, within the Doha Round - is needed to ensure the major trading powers' access to foreign markets.
The consequences of Europe's rush to austerity will be long-lasting and possibly severe.
Moreover, only the finance ministers of the G-7 could possibly have believed that the IMF and World Bank were doing a good job in the poorest countries.
We need to enable countries like Egypt and Tunisia - and possibly a peaceful Libya - to strengthen their political stability through democratization.
If either country adhered to the thinking embodied in the Bush administration's new nuclear policy, there would be little reason for each not to seek to integrate nuclear weapons even more deeply into their own contingency plans--and possibly use them.
This means that oil prices will remain high (possibly higher) for some time to come.
As markets normalize, surely investors will look around and realize that the US has vastly increased its debt in fighting the downturn, possibly by several trillion dollars.
If all of this happened, the price of oil would skyrocket owing to shortages and fears, possibly driving much of the world economy, already in a precarious position, into recession.
Indeed, the only certainty may be that Iran's nuclear program will be a major international issue in 2012 - quite possibly the most important one.
What can American Tea Party enthusiasts, Russian chauvinists, fearful Dutch and Danes, and Singaporean leftists possibly have in common that is driving this anti-immigrant sentiment?
Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and possibly Argentina will refuse.
NEW YORK - After the Greek and Irish crises and the spread of financial contagion to Portugal, Spain, and possibly even Italy, the eurozone is now in a serious crisis.
Even if it does work, it will be ten to fifteen years, possibly longer, before NMD is operational.
Indeed, the MDGs possibly had their clearest impact on aid flows from rich to poor countries.
How can you possibly expect a country such as, say, France to accept being voted down by its EU partners on vital foreign and security policy issues?
This bias is reinforced by the marketing message of pharmaceutical companies to physicians, which has emphasized research on delayed diagnosis and under-recognition of bipolar disorder, possibly sensitizing clinicians accordingly.
In Japan, there are concerns that it will make the country America's frontline command post in Asia, possibly beyond the scope of its bilateral security treaty with the US.
The US today seems to be moving towards a gentler and more European-style state, with higher taxes and possibly greater regulation.
But even a larger envelope of official resources is not sufficient to stem the insolvency problems of Greece, Ireland, and, possibly, Portugal and Spain.
There is no real austerity - now or possibly in the future - for leading bank executives.
Indeed, they probably contemplate land incursions into Iran, and possibly a decisive - and, from their perspective, long overdue - showdown with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
And, at a time of domestic hardship and diplomatic isolation, North Korea's leaders, their confidence boosted by their possession of nuclear weapons, might try to distract their public through audacious, and possibly destructive, acts abroad.