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On
Pronoun
  ne
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Adverb
  peut
Verb
  que
Adverb
  supputer
Verb
  les
Determiner
  suites
Noun
 qu'auraient  pu
Verb
  avoir
Verb
  ces
Determiner
  tentatives
Noun
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We can only guess the consequences that these attempts could have had.
Words and sentences
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On

A village in Luxembourg, Belgium

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ne

  1. not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
  2. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
  3. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
  4. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative

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peut

third-person singular present indicative of pouvoir

New
supputer

to calculate, to work out

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les

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suites

plural of suite

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avoir

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ces

masculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those

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