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couldn't pay me to do something

would never do something

You say you couldn't pay me to do something when you would refuse to do it even if someone offered you money.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

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Would you ever go skydiving?

You couldn't pay me to do it.

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You couldn't pay me to sleep in a tent during a thunderstorm.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: You couldn't pay me for do it.

Say: You couldn't pay me to do it.

After “pay me,” use “to” plus the base verb: “to do,” not “for do.”

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How it fits in a sentence.

you couldn't pay me to do it; they couldn't pay me to go

Your turn: say it out loud

You couldn't pay me to sleep in a tent during a thunderstorm.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

couldn't pay me to do something

would never do something

“You couldn't pay me to sleep in a tent during a thunderstorm.”

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