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two(number)/tuː/ /tuː/- 2
- There are only two cookies left.
- two of Sweden’s top financial experts
- Ten people were invited but only two turned up.
- Can you lend me two dollars?
- a two-month contract
- Look at page two.
- Two and seven is nine.
- Three twos are six.
- I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a two?
- The bulbs are planted in twos or threes (= groups of two or three).
- We moved to America when I was two (= two years old).
- Shall we meet at two (= at two o'clock), then?
- to be unable to decide what you think about somebody/something, or whether to do something or not
- I was in two minds about the book (= I didn't know if I liked it or not).
- She's in two minds about accepting his invitation.
- one or a few days, moments, pounds, etc.
- May I borrow it for a day or two?
- to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable
- in or into two pieces or halves
- He broke the bar of chocolate in two and gave me half.
- two or three at a time; in small numbers
- People arrived in twos and threes.
- very soon
- We’ll be there in a couple of shakes.
- one person cannot be completely responsible for something
- You can't put all the blame on him. It takes two to make a marriage.
- used to say that two people or groups, and not just one, are responsible for something that has happened (usually something bad)
- to be very poor, stupid, etc.
- to guess the truth from what you see, hear, etc.
- He's inclined to put two and two together and make five (= reaches the wrong conclusion from what he sees, hears, etc.).
- I am in the same position or I agree with you
- ‘I'm tired!’ ‘That makes two of us!’
- very common and therefore not valuable
- Teachers of history are ten a penny.
- used to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation
Word Origin- Old English twā (feminine and neuter) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twee and German zwei, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek duo. Compare with twain.
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