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twice

If something is done twice, it is done two times. I have been to the shop twice today. Two times: double. He was working twice as fast as I was. Twice three is six.

twice

two times I called her twice (= doubly, double) to double the degree she was doubly rewarded his eyes were double bright

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Simple sentences

The volcano has erupted twice this year.
My box is twice as heavy as yours.
You are twice as strong as me.
Measure twice, cut once.
I checked it twice.
Although I had twice taken a pair of pills, my headache did not go away.
I've only spoken to Tom twice since he started working here.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
I've attempted suicide twice.
I'm not going to say this twice.
Tom earns twice as much as I do.
Our house has already burned down twice.
Tom has already been prosecuted twice.
Yes! I won twice in a row!
I'm not going to say it twice.
Your room is twice the size of mine.
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
I'm sure people would live twice as long if they stopped getting themselves worked up over everything.
You should brush your teeth at least twice a day.
I'd think twice about this.
Press the bell twice.
That's why ostrich meat costs more than twice as much as beef and pork.
The place is worth visiting twice.
The magazine is issued twice a month.
Your income is about twice as large as mine.
Your income is about twice as large as mine is.
The meeting is held twice a month.
The committee meets twice a month.
Texas is nearly twice as large as Japan.

Movie subtitles

If you lived on a planet with twice the gravity of Earth, there'd be a lot more pull on your body and you'd come crashing down twice as hard if you fell.
Nonsense. Your shipping costs would be twice our modest surcharge.
I won't say it twice.
They'd never expect us to meet in the same place twice.
Her ex-girlfriend called twice.
There's a train once a week and sometimes twice a day.
Twelve twice.
Hey, if you get it twice more, you're allowed to keep it.
I'll go to the dentist twice a year, I'll wash behind my ears for you.
Once, twice.
Well, to mr. Hornblower, for 7,100. Once, twice.
Once, twice. for the third and last time. 9,500!
Once, twice. for the last time at 9,500.
It eluded us twice in 4 days, but we have it now.
Napoleon III came to Algeria twice to proclaim himself King of the Arabs.
Yeah, like I'd fall for the same trick twice.
Come on. Didn't you just see how overwhelming their power is? Twice, actually.
I've been searched twice.
I'll go to the dentist twice a year.
Clark, you can do twice as much as any of them. How about you?
You're almost twice as bad as whosis again I ought to take you out And how have you been?
It'll mean twice as much dough for everybody.
Hes got to have his biscuits twice a day, and nothing but boiled water!
You can only fool a Firefly twice.
You'll be rich and famous. and I'll always pose for you. and we'll have a fine home and children. and we'll grow old together. and every day I'll love you twice as much as I did the day before.
Twice!
I was shot twice in the Tribune.
Twice a week.
Twelve once. Twelve twice.
I've been married and divorced twice.
You see I, I've only met Mr. Beaumont once or twice.
Twice over.
So am I twice as handsome as before?
Going once, twice, three times.
Going one, twice, three times. I'll carry you off.
Once or twice.
My word, why do I always have to say things twice?
I wouldn't go through that again if you had twice as much money.

News and current affairs

One estimate puts the cumulative spills over the past 50 years at approximately 10 million barrels - twice the size of the BP spill.
To put that number in perspective, it is about twice the total effect of the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions in the rest of the world, including the European Union.
But they already did, twice.
But average GDP growth rates in the new members are twice as high as in the original members, and this can provide a welcome stimulus to stagnant labor markets and sluggish economies.
Many residual strengths take on greater importance in such a world, and America remains the world's only true superpower and its largest economy - still more than twice the size of China's.
I do know that the world cannot afford to rely again on America's press for its information: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
But Israel has managed to attack Syrian territory twice - destroying a North Korean-staffed nuclear reactor in 2007 and, more recently, striking a Hezbollah convoy - with no casualties or loss of planes.
The EU countries have failed twice in their attempt to respond to this challenge - once by half-hearted sanctions; now by lifting them.
Silvio Berlusconi, the leader of the right-wing alliance, will win his third election (he has also lost twice), while the vote for the Senate is expected to produce a draw.
More public investment is twice blessed.
Will it really be necessary for Ukrainians to repeat the Orange Revolution by again gathering in their millions to shame Yanukovych (a twice convicted violent felon before he entered politics) to change course?
Inflation is nearly twice that of France and Germany, though all three countries use the euro.
With less than one-fifth of the population of the United States, Italy's parliament has twice as many members as the US Congress, and they are among the world's best-compensated and most privileged MPs.
BERKELEY - William McChesney Martin, a Democrat, was twice reappointed to the job of Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve by Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
And, when she does marry and has children of her own, they will benefit from two educated, employed parents, which means twice as much literate conversation in the home, twice the contacts, and twice the encouragement to succeed.
Thus, Swiss researchers caused excitement in 1986 by announcing the discovery of superconductivity in an oxide of copper at twice the temperature of the previous record holder.
Global deposits of methane clathrate contain more than twice the amount of energy of all known fossil fuels, and it can burn cleanly.
A quotation by President John F. Kennedy states that high tax rates can strangle the economy, but Kennedy's was speaking a half-century ago, when the top marginal tax rates were twice what they are today.
But the loss of jobs in the most recent recession was more than twice as large as in previous recessions, so a slow recovery has meant a much higher unemployment rate for a much longer period.
Even the most modern and advanced conventional coal-fired power plants emit over 15 times more CO2 per unit of electricity than renewable energy systems, and more than twice the amount of efficient gas-fired power stations.
It is bigger than America's, almost twice the size of China's, and between four and five times the size of India's.
With its defense spending having grown almost twice as fast as its GDP, China is now beginning to take the gloves off, confident that it has acquired the necessary muscle.
I have been to Sudan twice, and, as part of a delegation organized by Conscience International, I also visited the refugee camps in Nyala and El Fasher in Darfur.
They did this not once, but twice.

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