TWO


Meaning of TWO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tu: ]

( twos)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Two is the number 2.

NUM

2.

If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango , you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it.

Divorce is never the fault of one partner; it takes two...

It takes two to tango and so far our relationship has been one-sided.

PHRASE

3.

If you put two and two together , you work out the truth about something for yourself, by using the information that is available to you.

Putting two and two together, I assume that this was the car he used.

PHRASE : V inflects

4.

to kill two birds with one stone: see bird

two a penny: see penny

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