6 May 2012 — Could have took
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We could have took a trolley this morning, but we took a bus instead.
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We could have took a trolley this morning, but we took a bus instead.
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We could have taken a trolley this morning, but we took a bus instead.
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We could take a trolley this morning, but we took a bus instead.
trolley (n.) a public streetcar that follows a track (rails) and is powered by overhead electrical lines.
(In British English, trolley is the word for shopping cart.)