For once you have mastered that you will be able to do anything.

因为一旦你掌握了它你将可以做到任何事情。

He was sometimes loud and self - important and claimed to be able to do anything.

有时候,他有些招摇,妄自尊大,声称自己无所不能.

And yet as a society, we don't seem to be able to find the common ground, the consensus, the political will to do anything about it.

而从社会层面出发，针对这个问题，我们似乎始终无法找到共同点，也无法达成共识或共同的政治意愿，从而也就无法采取一致的行动。

The father who was always very handsome and expensive in his tastes, seemed as if he never would be able to do anything worth doing.

父亲老是风度翩翩，出手风雅，似乎历来不会做一些值得一做的事。