I can't help confessing that I am sorry.
No puedo menos de confesar que lo siento.—PALACIO VALDÉS.
I couldn't help knowing that you were talking of us.
No podía menos de saber que Vd. hablaba de nosotros.
Note.—When the verbal in -ing is modified by a possessive, translate as in (a).
(c) It can't be helped is translated no hay remedio.
I thought it could be avoided, but now it can't be helped.
Creí que podría evitarse, pero ya no hay remedio.
—RAMOS CARRIÓN.