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Meaning of in two | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Into two parts.
  2. Performed further back than "in one", but still not fully upstage.

Equivalents

Deutsch entzwei
Suomi halki kahtia kahtia
Gaeilge leathanach
Latina dis-
Nederlands in tweeën
Русский на полови́ны напопола́м пополам
Svenska itu
Українська вдвоє навпіл

Examples

“They carry a branch half a day, meaning to do great things with it, and then they snap it in two.”
“[I]f you can cleave it in two with one stroke of your sword, I will give you my daughter to wife.”
“[S]outherners are expected to vote overwhelmingly to carve Africa's biggest country in two.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

in two jumps in two minds in two shakes in two shakes of a cow's tail in two shakes of a dog's tail in two shakes of a duck's tail

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