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If I would( or could??) have a chance to meet XX, I would like to ask him( or want to ask him???) where he got the idea to invent such a terrrific warship.
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If I would( or could??) have a chance to meet XX, I would like to ask him( or want to ask him???) where he got the idea to invent such a terrrific warship.
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