TWO

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two numeral card., substantiv

1. doi, două;

(sport) one two! one two! un'! doi! un'! doi!;

no two men are alike nu găseşti doi oameni care să semene (unul cu celălalt);

he folded the sheet of paper in two îndoi foaia de hârtie (în două părţi egale);

he broke the stick in two rupse bliţul în două;

(mil.) form two two! (adunarea / luaţi) pe două rânduri!;

to walk in twos, to walk two by / and two a merge / a defila în rânduri de câte doi;

they were coming in by twos and threes intrau în grupuri de câte doi-trei;

I think I'll have two of each everything cred că o să iau câte două (obiecte) din fiecare / toate.

2. (numai în one or two) câţiva, câteva;

one or two books (vreo) două-trei cărţi.

◊ (fig.) putting two and two together doi şi cu doi fac patru;

(fig. fam.) in two twos cât ai zice „peşte", cât ai bate din palme.

There cannot be two opinions about him.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

The two men looked at each other.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Give me two or three days to consider the matter and I'll try to find a way to carry you over the desert.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

You have two sisters, I believe.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had no dread of these two months.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Nothing could exceed in beauty the contrast between these two excellent creatures.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The two families will be meeting every day in the year.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

I shall be happy to give you an opinion upon the subject in the course of a day or two.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I can read the first few lines and these in the middle of the second page, and one or two at the end.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Only,” she added, “perhaps we may overtake the two young men.”

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)