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number two

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Feces; the act of defecation.
  2. A first mate.
  3. A primary assistant; vice-leader.
  4. The batsman who opens alongside the number one, but does not face the first delivery.
  5. A backup player, especially a goalkeeper.
  6. A right back.
  7. A somewhat small town, between a number one and a number three, where the success of a theatrical performance is unlikely to be very great.
  8. A pencil with hardness level 2.
  9. mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations)
  10. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, two.

Equivalents

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Češtinavelká
Ελληνικάχοντρό
Македонскиголема нужда
Nederlandsgrote boodschap
Polskidwójka
Српскиbajsvelika nužda
Svenskabajs
Kiswahilihaja kubwa
Türkçebüyük

Examples

“I need to go number two.”
“He might have got up, without the bell's sounding, to do his number one, or number two, in his great big white chamber-pot.”
After she had shown great promise over the last 10 years, he made her his number two.”
Head coach Ruben Amorim will be asked by media on Wednesday who will start in goal for their crucial Europa League quarter-final with Lyon, Onana or United's latest scapegoat, number two Altay Bayindir.”
“I came down here to cement the number two position, the right back role and I’ve not really managed to do that.”
They say you should be able to slip a pencil under your boob and if it doesn’t fall out, you’re too saggy. Shit, I could stick a whole box of number twos under these girls and keep them there until next semester.”
“I reach into my bag, pull out my pencil case, and offer Jason one of my fully sharpened number twos.”
““I’ll need pencils, preferably number twos,” I told Miss Rose, who, for some reason, had not budged.”

CEFR level

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