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would if I could
(I) would if I could(, but I can't).
I simply can't do it. Jane: Can't you fix this yourself ? John: I would if I could, but I can't. Bob: Can you go to the dance? Hardly anyone is going. Alice: Would if I could.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| RomÀ | | - | Catalan |
| Perttu | | PERT-too | Finnish |
| Tracey | | TRAY-see | English |
| Melchior | | MEL-khee-awr (Dutch), MEL-kyawr (English) | Dutch, Judeo-Christian Legend |
| Nik | | - | English, Greek, Slovene |
| Crews | | [kru:z] | |