Twice
//twaɪs//
Word Type
Adverb
Adverb
The word "twice" can be used as adverb and adverb.
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I don't boil my cabbage twice I don't chew my cabbage twice a broken clock is right twice a day a stopped clock is right twice a day any day of the week and twice on Sunday any day of the week and twice on Sundays at twice buy the same horse twice even a stopped clock is right twice a day every day of the week and twice on Sunday every day of the week and twice on Sundays first cousin twice removed hit the ball twice lightning does not strike twice in the same place lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place lightning never strikes the same place twice lightning never strikes twice lightning never strikes twice in the same place measure twice and cut once money won is twice as sweet as money earned once a man, twice a boy once a man, twice a child once a woman, twice a child once or twice opportunity seldom knocks twice strike twice the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long think twice twice as less twice removed twice-baked bread twice-borrowed twice-exceptional twice-exceptionality twice-laid twice-stabbed stink bug twice-told twice-weekly twice-yearly what happens twice happens thrice you can't step in the same river twice
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