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- can't help but do
can't help but do
can't help but do something
[to be] unable to choose any but one course of action. (Also with cannot.) Her parents live nearby, so she can't help but go there on holidays. Bob is a tennis fan and can't help but travel to Wimbledon each year.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Epaphras | | EP-ə-fras (English) | Biblical, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |
Stephany | | STEF-ə-nee | English |
Evpraksiya | | - | Russian |
Lilja | | LIL-yah (Icelandic), LEEL-yah (Finnish) | Icelandic, Finnish |
Vinko | | - | Croatian, Slovene |
Zinoviya | | - | Russian |