might have

might have
1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) hätte können
2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) hätte können
3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) hätte können
4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') hätte sein können

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