what is the meaning of you can't do that?
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You can't do that!: You do not have the right to do that! You are not allowed to do that!
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it means you can not stand being without something example: many people can not stop drinking coffee and if they do they get 'withdrawals' it means you can not stand being without something. example: many people can not stop drinking coffee and if they do they get 'withdrawals'
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1 tr to challenge (a person to do something) as proof of courage. 2 can take an infinitive with or without: to to be courageous enough to try (to do something) she dares to dress differently from the others, you wouldn't dare!
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The phrase in the poem can be understood as rather humorous, for all the speaker intends to do is ask a woman a question, and that surely would not "disturb the universe." The point is that often we think our actions are greater than they are, which makes us afraid to do anything at all, to take any risks in life.
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And the truth about not being over it, about not moving on, about not being able to let someone go is simply, because you aren't ready to. It means you aren't ready to face a world where you will be okay without them. You aren't ready to see the instances where they were not right for you.
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The question was - What is the meaning of "you are not up to this"? It relates to the phrase 'measure up' which applies to pieces of lumber or other items used in construction. ... The phrase then implies a judgment that another person isn't fit for the task. To put it another way, 'You're not fit to do the job. '
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"I'll think about it" can be used as an alternative to a direct refusal, but it never means "I refuse". It is a way of not saying either yes or no. In the example, it seems that Peter is tempted by the offer. He doesn't want to commit, so he responds tentatively.
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If you violate logical possibility, it will be neither physically possible nor metaphysically possible. Something is physically impossible (AKA nomological impossibility) if it is inconsistent or contradictory to the physical laws of nature.
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It's a modal verb. One cannot use "to can, to might, to should, etc."
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Can't hold a candle to means to not be as good as something or someone else, to be less skillful or otherwise unfit when compared to something or someone else. Can't hold a candle to is an idiom, which is a word, group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal meaning.
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I Can Do Anything is said when you have no option what and how much you could do. But still you say I can do Anything. I Can Do Everything is said when you know what you have to do and how much you have to do and you say I can do Everything.
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishre‧sist /rɪˈzɪst/ ●●○ W3 verb 1 [intransitive, transitive usually in negatives] to stop yourself from having something that you like very much or doing something that you want to docannot resist (doing) something I just can't resist chocolate.
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It means you have close to no control over when you get that item you want.
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It means not to do anything that is not expected. Don't do anything unusual, nothing tricky. Don't try to do something to get out of your current situation that the person saying "and no funny business" is unaware of or unable to cope with.
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Can't implies that you do not have the ability to do something. Won't implies that you are choosing not to do something, whether or not you have the ability. Therefore, the first relates to your skill, capacity or talent; the second is the expression of a personal choice or decision.
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"It's a no-go" means that something is not going to happen or didn't happen and it is a pretty common phrase. I have never really heard it in the sense that a road is blocked, however.
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We use could to make general statements about the past: It could be very cold there in winter. ... We use can't have or couldn't have to say that a past event was impossible: They know the way here.