Perfect tenses of modal verbs (har kunnet, havde villet)

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to have the energy to
orke
I had wanted to participate, but I simply didn't have the energy to.
Jeg havde villet deltage, men jeg orkede simpelthen ikke.
Have you been able to read the whole article?
Har du kunnet læse hele artiklen?
to catch up on
indhente
We haven't been able to catch up on the delayed work.
Vi har ikke kunnet indhente det forsinkede arbejde.
Has she been able to catch up with the team without hurrying?
Har hun kunnet indhente holdet uden at skynde sig?
The boss hasn't wanted to ignore the detail.
Chefen har ikke villet ignorere detaljen.
We have had to ignore the mistake in order to finish.
Vi har måttet ignorere fejlen for at blive færdige.
to refrain from
undlade
You had been supposed to refrain from revealing his secret.
Du havde skullet undlade at afsløre hans hemmelighed.
The man hadn't wanted to eat the cake, but it was too delicious.
Manden havde ikke villet spise kagen, men den var for lækker.
to manage to
magte
I haven't been able to help them because I didn't manage to.
Jeg har ikke kunnet hjælpe dem fordi jeg ikke magtede det.
They had been supposed to carry the box, but they didn't manage the task.
De havde skullet bære kassen, men de magtede ikke opgaven.
the obstacle
hindringen
The obstacle was too big, so we haven't been able to jump over it.
Hindringen var for stor, så vi har ikke kunnet hoppe over den.
If he had been able to see the obstacle, he would have warned us.
Hvis han havde kunnet se hindringen, havde han advaret os.
inattentive
uopmærksom
The girl was completely inattentive, so she has had to ask again.
Pigen var helt uopmærksom, så hun har måttet spørge igen.
I thought that the boy was inattentive since he hadn't wanted to listen.
Jeg syntes at drengen var uopmærksom da han ikke havde villet lytte.
regrettable
beklagelig
It is a regrettable situation that we have had to accept.
Det er en beklagelig situation som vi har måttet acceptere.
The woman's mistake was regrettable, but she hasn't been able to avoid it.
Kvindens fejl var beklagelig, men hun har ikke kunnet undgå den.
unforgivable
utilgivelig
The unforgivable mistake is that he hasn't wanted to hand in the report.
Den utilgivelige fejl er at han ikke har villet aflevere rapporten.
The teacher thought that it was unforgivable that the student had dared to cheat.
Læreren syntes at det var utilgiveligt at eleven havde turdet snyde.
the poor excuse
bortforklaringen
It is an unforgivable poor excuse that she hasn't been able to find her way.
Det er en utilgivelig bortforklaring at hun ikke har kunnet finde vej.
His story sounds like a poor excuse because he actually has had to work.
Hans historie lyder som en bortforklaring fordi han faktisk har måttet arbejde.
to overlook
overse
She hasn't been able to overlook the problem, but she hasn't had the energy to complain.
Hun har ikke kunnet overse problemet, men hun har ikke orket at klage.
He hadn't wanted to omit telling the detail.
Han havde ikke villet undlade at fortælle detaljen.
The doctor hasn't been able to overlook the symptom.
Lægen har ikke kunnet overse symptomet.