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Definition: Two |
TwoAdjective1. Being one more than one; "he received two messages". Noun1. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "two" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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simple:TwoTwo (2) is the natural number following one and preceding three.
Two has many properties in mathematics:
x+x = 2·x
- An integer is called even if it is divisible by 2.
- Two is the smallest and the first prime number, and the only even one. The next prime is three.
- Two is also a highly composite number, even though it is prime rather than composite. The next highly composite number is four.
- 2 is a factor of 10, so fractions with 2 in the denominator do not yield infinite decimal expansions, as is the case with most primes.
- Two is the base of the simplest numeral system in which natural numbers can be written concisely, the binary system widely used in computers.
- For any number x:
x·x = x2 In names of translation software, infix 2 often represents the word "to" with the connotation "translate to", as in dvi2ps (DVI to PostScript), int2string (integer to string) and texi2roff (Texinfo to troff).
- The smallest field has two elements.
- In the set-theoretical construction of the natural numbers, 2 is identified with the set {0,1}. This latter set is important in category theory: it is a subobject classifier in the category of sets.
Many human cultures have given the concept of two-ness symbolic meanings:
Two is a good number in Chinese culture. There is a Chinese saying "good things come in pairs". It is common to use double symbols in product brandnames, e.g. double happiness, double coin, double elephants etc. Cantonese people like the number two because it sounds the same as the word "easy" (易) in Cantonese.
- Two candles are lit on Finnish Independence Day. Putting them on the windowsill invokes the symbolical meaning of division, and thus independence.
- The yin-yang symbol in Chinese culture
- Two, or deuce, is the lowest number in a deck of cards (if you are playing with the ace high).
- The process of antithesis in Hegelian dialectic creates two-ness from one-ness
- In the philosophy of Pythagoras, the dyad is the second thing created (see the article monad for more on this)
- See dualism for a discussion of several other kinds of two-ness
Two is also:
Other usages include:
- the number of musicians in a duet.
The section about '2' in the meaning of 'to' contains material from FOLDOC's article on Two, used with permission.
- Letter of the two sorries
- One country, two systems
See also: zero, one, two, three, four, integer, list of numbers.
This article is about the number. For the year, see 2. For some fictional characters, see Number Two.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Two."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Episode name: TwoEpisode number: 66
Season: 3
Original airdate: September 15, 1961
Writer: Montgomery Pittman
Director: Montgomery Pittman
Notable cast members: Charles Bronson, Elizabeth Montgomery
Episode Summary:
Trivia:
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Two (The Twilight Zone)."
Synonym: TwoSynonym: deuce (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Noun: duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity, biformity; polarity. two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke, conjugation; dispermy, doublets, dyad, span. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Once you have frozen mankind, these babies will overrun the globe, and we shall rule them, for we will be the only two people left in the world (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Hello! We're your neighbors from two doors down and we just wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Better make it two. (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman) I sent two units, they're bringing her down now. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) And there, a mechanical wonder allowed me to see the sun rise for the first time in two hundred years (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) | |
Lyrics | Two weeks and you're an all time legend (Goody Two Shoes; performing artist: Adam Ant) Well, I'll be two steps behind you (Two Steps Behind; performing artist: Def Leppard) But the problem is I'm so in love with two (So In Love With Two; performing artist: Mikaila) One, two, princes kneel before you (Two Princes; performing artist: Spin Doctors) Just the two of us, we can make it if we try (Just the Two of Us; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Clever | In a museum in Havana there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, "one when he was a boy and one when he was a man. (references; author: Mark Twain) Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies (references; author: unknown) Two wrongs are only the beginning. (references; author: unknown) 2000 mockingbirds: Two kilomockingbirds. (references; author: unknown) To do two things at once is to do neither. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Good Goodie Twoshoes took two shoes to the Goody Showshine shoe shop. (references; author: unknown) If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch? (references; author: unknown) One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they all felt smart. (references; author: unknown) Two toads, totally tired. (references; author: unknown) Two trains travel together to Toyland. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Two of a Kind (1983) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Two Sides to Every Story (1974) A Memory of Two Mondays (1974) If Ever Two Were One (1974) | |
Song Titles | Two Ravens (performing artist: The Boondock Saints) Love Me Two Times (performing artist: The Doors) Two Story House (performing artist: George Jones/Tammy Wynette) Just The Two Of Us (performing artist: Jr. Grover Washington) Cocktails for Two (performing artist: Spike & City Slickers Jones) | |
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Seen are two hands manipulating an IV for chemotherapy administration to a black patient. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | Shows interior wide shot of Chemical Lab, part of the Central Cancer Research labs. Two scientists sit on stools in lab. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Transmission electron micrograph of parainfluenza virus. Two intact particles and free filamentous nucleocapsid. Credit: CDC. | Two CDC technicians reading complement-fixation test for serological evidence of infections by suspected viruses. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | "Car Walk" (movie) by Brent Solly. Two hyperbolic paraboloids create an overpass for people and a tunnel for cars. | ![]() | "x + y + z + xyz = 0" by Marijke van Gans. The Lorentz/Einstein composition of two velocities creates this graph that hogs six edges of a cube. From inside DPGraph, click on Edit for more information. |
![]() | Central American Fires Viewed by Two Goddard Spacecraft. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Two N1 Moon Rockets on the Pads at Tyura-Tam. Credit: NASA. | As two NASA spacecraft speed toward a mid-year rendezvous with Mars, astronomers using the ... Credit: NASA. | |
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| "Mixer two" by Lars Dahl Pedersen Commentary: "My mixer..." | "Two girls" by (c) opheliaCherry Commentary: "Models>> my lovely friend Sensimillia and Ming-z (background) place>> Soresina, swimming pool (italy) date>> summer 2000 res>> 300dpi ." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| An upbeat folk rock style piece played by two guitar. | Two cats fighting, hissing, and growling. | ||
| Two motorcycles racing at high speed. | Pouring water from a pitcher into two glasses. | ||
| Two clicks. | One two three four; increasing counting. | ||
| Two hits of a wood switch. | Two electronic boings. | ||
| A chord played by two trombones non-acoustically produced. | Two chords played in succession on a distorted electric guitar. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | A true friend is one soul in two bodies. |
Author Unknown | When two quarrel, both are in the wrong. |
Benjamin Franklin | One today is worth two tomorrows. |
| Three can keep a secret if two are dead. | |
Charles Haddon Spurgeon | Of two evils, choose neither. |
George Herbert | Every mile is two in winter. |
John Heywood | Two heads are better than one. |
| Three may keep counsel, if two are away. | |
Louisa May Alcott | It takes two flints to make a fire. |
Madame DorothT Deluzy | One crime is everything, two is nothing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale; and one measure of corn, to wit, "the London quarter"; and one width of cloth (whether dyed, or russet, or "halberget"), to wit, two ells within the selvedges; of weights also let it be as of measures. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | To this I find two objections made. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | "True" Socialism appeared to kill these two birds with one stone. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The President shall be chosen by agreement between the two Governments concerned. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | I have now stated the two great dangers which menace the homes of the people: War and Tyranny. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war. (reference) |
Roe v. Wade | 1973 | A licensed physician (Hallford), who had two state abortion prosecutions pending against him, was permitted to intervene. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The two other gentlemen waited at the door to let her pass |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | This time there were two little shrieks, and more sounds of broken glass |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Twelve! It was past two when he went to bed. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | He could not but recall how feebly, and with what frequent pauses for breath, he had toiled over the same ground, only two days before |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Its two slopes were taken away, for the monumental mound |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He bumped his elbow against the door at the end and, hurrying down the staircase, walked quickly through the two corridors and out into the air. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Exeunt two GENTLEMEN With LADY ANNE GLOUCESTER |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The two men walked in silence and smelled the dust their feet kicked into the air. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I knew and could distinguish those two heroes at first sight, not only from the crowd but from each other |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I lived there two years and two months |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You have two kidneys. (references) | |
Yes. There are two main types. (references) | ||
Your body has two adrenal glands. (references) | ||
Business | This is often true for two reasons. (references) | |
This field takes on two general forms. (references) | ||
ISDN has two types of logical channels. (references) | ||
Children | Greece | Athens has two municipal shelters for battered children. (references) |
Italy | Telefono Azzurro maintains two toll-free hot lines for reporting incidents of child abuse. (references) | |
Cameroon | The gap in school attendance was 14 percent nationally and 34 percent in the two northern provinces. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Nigeria | Two newspapers began publishing during the year. (references) |
Bahamas | The two refugee cases were pending at year's end. (references) | |
Maldives | Two dailies, Miadhu and Haveeru, are progovernment. (references) | |
Discrimination | Romania | The two houses had not reconciled their versions by year's end. (references) |
Economic History | Azerbaijan | Inflation is under two percent. (references) |
Mauritius | Two more will be constructed soon. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ghana | The man was released without charges two days later. (references) |
Afghanistan | Haq and his two associates were executed the next day. (references) | |
Malaysia | As of the year's end, the two had not yet been rearrested. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | Two NGOs criticized the fact that only 5 out of 17 council members are Orang Asli. (references) |
Canada | The treaty was ratified by the Nisga'a people in 1998 and by the provincial legislature in 1999. It was debated and passed by Parliament in 1999. Although the British Columbia legislature ratified the treaty, two groups expressed their intention to challenge the treaty in court. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | Two juveniles were arrested. (references) |
Political Economy | Brazil | State police are divided into two forces. (references) |
Uruguay | Up to two candidates per party may be nominated. (references) | |
Panama | PNP officers are suspected in the deaths of two men. (references) | |
Political Rights | Estonia | Two ministers are women. (references) |
Andorra | A local group won two seats. (references) | |
Netherlands | The two Deputy Prime Ministers are women. (references) | |
Trade | Sri Lanka | The two bands are 10 and 25 percent. (references) |
Nepal | Two large banks dominate the banking sector. (references) | |
Panama | The EPZ law establishes two classes of EPZ firms. (references) | |
Travel | Brazil | Lunch is usually two hours. (references) |
Argentina | Two main airports serve Buenos Aires. (references) | |
Oman | Its two English papers are published daily. (references) | |
Women | Ghana | Of those arrested, two offenders have been prosecuted and convicted. (references) |
Indonesia | The law reportedly only covers physical abuse, and requires two witnesses. (references) | |
Palau | Prostitution is a problem, and two Chinese nationals were convicted and deported during the year. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Korea | As few as two employees may form a union. (references) |
Yemen | Two centers were completed during the year. (references) | |
Korea | In June workers at the two main airlines held a strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place. In Boorioboola-Gha a man is presentable on occasions of ceremony if he have his abdomen painted a bright blue and wear a cow's tail; in New York he may, if it please him, omit the paint, but after sunset he must wear two tails made of the wool of a sheep and dyed black. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | So losing two out of five. Suicide from having been given LSD and a son in an automobile accident. So I have had tragedies. |
Bob Costas | Seattle is strong. Oakland has the pitching. If they get into the playoffs, they've always got a shot. The last two years they barely missed derailing the Yankees. |
Colin Powell | Very. And I know those two buildings. I watched them being built. I remember when they opened. And to see my city hurt that way it was very painful. |
Dennis Miller | My big complaint about cloning is that most human beings I meet aren't interesting enough to fill up one existence, much less two. |
Fran Drescher | Two brothers. One robbed my house and loaded up my car with all of my possessions, the other one raped myself and my girlfriend. |
Jerry Lewis | Yeah. And I'm the only one with a red one in the world. Medtronic had it made specially for me and gave it to me two weeks ago. |
Rush Limbaugh | Remember, two of the many characteristics of the dominant media culture today are arrogance and superiority, by design. |
William Shatner | That's all it is. It's Dinner at Andre's. It's conversation on the most intimate subjects by two people who have known each other half their life. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Their situation and manners place the commerce between the two sexes almost without restraint. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Wholesale prices in this same period have been held to an increase of two and one-half percent. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | During those two periods we had OPA price control that the Congress gave us and War Labor Board wage controls. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | My fellow Americans, I am sure you can recognize from what I have said that we really only have two choices open to us if we want to end this war. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | We are finding more and more common ground between our two countries on basic questions of international affairs. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Preventing nuclear war is the foremost responsibility of the two superpowers. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | After two days of fighting only ninety could still bear arms. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | It's been two years since I signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Every day a retired firefighter returns to Ground Zero, to feel closer to his two sons who died there. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Two" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Two" is used about 155,949 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Cardinal Number | 100% | 155,946 | 64 |
| Total | 100.00% | 155,949 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "two". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ish-pan | N/A | Biblical | Broken in two |
| Kirjathaim | N/A | Biblical | The two cities |
| Mahanaim | N/A | Biblical | Two armies |
| Mahanaim | N/A | Biblical | Two fields |
| Mesopotamia | N/A | Biblical | Between two rivers |
| Ramathaim-zophim | N/A | Biblical | The two watch-towers |
| Sepharvaim | N/A | Biblical | The two scribes |
| Sepharvaim | N/A | Biblical | The two books |
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| Country | Name |
| Japan | Tay Two Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "two": 82 % goose (eighty two percent) ♦ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bus ♦ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ♦ a melt of two tons ♦ a quarter past two ♦ a word or two ♦ angle of deviation between two e.m.f.'s ♦ as cross as two sticks ♦ as like as two peas ♦ at two o'clock ♦ be divided in two ♦ be dormy two ♦ be in two mind ♦ be in two minds ♦ be in two minds about smth. ♦ be in two places at once ♦ be sandwiched between two fat men ♦ be unable to put two words together ♦ between two fires ♦ break in two ♦ break on two ♦ carry two ♦ charge two pounds a piece ♦ child of two ♦ chop in two ♦ confidence interval for the difference between two proportions ♦ control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically ♦ coupling factor of two circuits ♦ cut in two ♦ cut into two ♦ cutting in two ♦ divide in two ♦ divide into two ♦ divided into two ♦ dividing into two ♦ dividning into two ♦ do a number two ♦ do it in two shakes ♦ do number two ♦ double window mounted on two frames ♦ every two weeks ♦ fall between two stools ♦ for a period of two years ♦ for two ♦ for two person ♦ for two pins ♦ for two voices ♦ for two weary hours ♦ fully two hours ♦ get two things apart ♦ have two meanings ♦ he knows a thing or two ♦ i don't care two hoots! ♦ in a day or two ♦ in two ♦ in two minds ♦ in two shakes ♦ in two ticks ♦ in two ways ♦ inductive coupling factor of two circuits ♦ inner product of two vectors ♦ it cost two pounds odd ♦ it takes two hours ♦ just the two of us ♦ kill two birds with one stone ♦ knotted netting consisting of two systems of yarns ♦ labels in two columns ♦ last but two ♦ layer Two Tunneling Protocol ♦ level two cache ♦ make two bites of a cherry ♦ march two abreast ♦ ninety two ♦ not to care two pins ♦ number two ♦ of two evils choose the less ♦ of two evils choose the lesser ♦ one of the two ♦ one of two ♦ one or two ♦ one thirty two bend ♦ only one or two ♦ over two years ♦ page two ♦ park between two cars ♦ put in a word or two ♦ put two and two together ♦ radical axis of two circles ♦ related location two identification ♦ ring of integers modulo two ♦ road with two lanes ♦ road with two separate carriageways ♦ rolling mill consisting of two rolls ♦ saw in two ♦ seesaw between two opinions ♦ set two beams square ♦ shallow two handled basin ♦ space between two lines ♦ space of two dimensions ♦ Spearman two factor theorem ♦ Stein's two sample procedure. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "two": two-abreast, two-acre, two-act, two-address, two-adult, two-aisled, two-a-level, two-all, two-and, two-and-a, two-and-a-bit, two-and-a-half, two-and-a-half-box, two-and-a-half-day, two-and-a-half-hour, two-and-a-half-inch-heel, two-and-a-half-mile, two-and-a-half-miles, two-and-a-half-month, two-and-a-half-thousand, two-and-a-half-ton, two-and-a-half-year, two-and-a-half-year-old, two-and-a-quarter, two-and-a-quarter-hour, two-and-eight, two-and-nine, two-and-six, two-and-three-car, two-and-three-quarter, two-and-three-quarter-mile, two-and-three-quarter-ounce, two-and-three-quarters, two-and-two, two-apartment, two-a-penny, two-arched, two-arm, two-armed, two-armed anchor, two-at-a-time, two-axis, two-axle, two-backed, two-bagger, two-ball, two-ballot, two-band, two-banded, two-banded monitor, two-bar, two-barred, two-base hit, two-baser, two-bathroom, two-bay, two-bed, two-bedded, two-bedroom, two-bedroomed, two-berth, two-billion-to, Two-birds, two-bit, two-blade, two-bladed, two-board, two-bob, two-bolts-and-a-chain, two-book, two-bowl, two-box, two-branch, two-budget, two-burner, two-by-four, two-by-two, two-by-twos, two-camera, two-can, Two-capsuled, two-car, two-carbon, two-card, two-career, two-carriage, two-cars-in-one, two-cassette, two-cd, two-cell, two-celled, two-centre, two-century, two-chain, two-chamber, two-chambered, two-channel, two-character, two-chef, two-child, two-children, two-chip, two-ch'i-thick, two-choice, two-class, two-clause, Two-cleft, two-club, two-clubs-in-one, two-clubs-stronger, two-coach, two-coat, two-colored, two-colour, two-coloured, two-column, two-compartment, two-component, two-condition code, two-consonant, two-consonant-phoneme, two-control, two-control-point, two-cornered, two-course, two-cpu, two-crew, Two-crown, Two-cycle, two-cylinder, two-d, two-day, two-day-career, two-day-old, two-decade-long, two-deck, Two-decker, two-digit, Two-Dimensional, two-dimensional, two-dimensional figure, two-dimensionality, two-dimensionally, two-disc, two-disk, two-division, two-divisional, two-dog, two-dogs, two-dogs-dying, two-dollar, two-domain, two-door, two-double-bedroom, two-down, two-down-with-six-to-play, two-dozen, two-ducat, two-eared, two-earner, two-earning, two-edged, two-egg, two-eighty, two-electrode, two-element, two-elevenths, two-engine, two-entry, two-equation, two-explicit, two-exploration, two-exponent, two-eyed, two-eyed violet, two-face, two-faced, two-facedness, two-factor, two-family, two-feet, two-feet-thick, two-field, two-fifteen, two-fifteenths, two-fifths, two-fifty, two-fight, two-figure, two-finger, two-fingered, two-firm, two-fisted, two-five, two-flank, two-floor, two-fold, two-foot, two-foot-deep, two-footed, two-footer, two-footers, two-foot-high, two-foot-long, two-for-five, two-for-four, Two-forked, two-form, two-for-nine, two-for-one, two-for-seven, two-for-the, two-for-the-price-of-one, two-for-three, two-forty-five, two-forty-seven, two-four, two-frame, two-frequency glide path system, two-frequency localizer system, two-fret, two-front, two-function, two-furlong, two-furrow, two-gallon, two-game, two-gang, two-gene, two-generation, two-glass, two-goal, two-grain spelt, two-grained, two-grand, two-guinea, two-hand, two-handed, two-handed backhand, two-handed saw, two-hander, two-handled, two-headed, two-hearts-beating-as-one, two-hitter, two-hole, two-horned, two-horse, two-hour, two-hour-a-week, two-hourly, two-house, two-humped, two-hundred, two-hundred-and-fifty-pound, two-hundred-dollar, two-hundred-foot-high, two-hundred-guinea, two-hundred-mile, two-hundred-pound, two-hundred-square-mile, two-hundredth, two-hundred-thousand, two-hundredths, two-hundred-yard, two-hundred-year, two-hundred-year-old, Two-Hybrid System Techniques, two-identical, two-implicit, two-in-a-bed, two-in-a-row, two-inch, two-inch-long, two-inch-square, two-inch-thick, two-income, two-independent, two-in-hand, two-in-one, two-input, two-instrument, two-in-three, two-into-one, two-iron, two-ish, two-judge, two-junction, two-kilometre, two-lactation, two-laminae, two-lamp, two-lane, two-language, two-lap, two-layer, two-layered, two-leaf, two-leaved, two-left-feet, two-leg, two-legged, two-legs, two-length, two-letter, two-level, two-lever, two-light, two-line, two-lined, two-liners, two-line-source, two-link, two-lipped, two-litre, two-loud-speaker, two-love, two-machine, two-male, two-man, two-man tent, two-marks, two-masted, two-master, two-match, two-member, two-mesh, two-metre, two-metre-high, two-metre-long, two-metres, two-metre-wide, two-mid, two-mile, two-mile-long, two-millimetre, two-million, two-million-pound, two-minute, two-month, two-monthly, two-month-old, two-motion, two-motional, two-motor, two-movement, Two-name, two-name paper, two-named, two-nation, two-nature, two-ness, two-night, two-nil, two-note, two-nucleus, two-octave, two-one, two-one-two, two-on-one, two-on-one-off, two-ounce, two-oven, two-over, two-over-one, two-over-par, two-over-two, two-pace, two-pack, two-page, two-pair, two-pair front, two-paragraph, two-parameter, two-parent, two-part, Two-parted, two-parter, two-particle, two-partner, two-party, two-party government, two-party system, two-party-dominated, two-pass, two-patch, two-pattern, two-peak, two-pedal, two-penalty, two-penie, two-penny, two-pennyworth, two-pensioner, two-percent, two-period, two-person, two-phase, two-phase commit, two-phase current, two-phase-on, Two-phaser, two-phases-on, two-phoneme, two-photon, two-phrase, two-piano, two-piece, two-piece dress, two-piece suit, two-piece swimming suit, two-pieces, two-pin, two-pincered, two-pipe, two-pitch, two-place, two-player, two-player-only, two-plus-four, two-plus-one, two-plus-two, two-plus-twos, two-plus-very-small-two, two-ply, two-point, two-pole, two-pool, two-port, two-portion, two-position, two-post, two-pound, two-pounds, two-press, two-price, two-processor, two-prong, two-pronged, two-punch, two-putt, two-putted, Two-ranked, two-rate, two-record, two-reef, two-refrigerator, two-release, two-rig, two-ring, two-ringer, two-road, two-roll, two-room, two-room flat, two-roomed, two-roomed flat, two-round, two-row, two-rpocessor, two-run, two-satellite, two-saw, two-say, two-scale, two-score, two-screen, two-screens, two-season, two-seat, two-seater, two-seater kayak, two-seaters, two-second, two-section, two-sector, two-segmented, two-series, two-session, two-setter, two-sevenths, two-shelled, two-shift, two-ship, two-shoe, two-shoes, two-shot, two-shotters, two-sided, two-sided question, two-sidedness, two-sign, two-site, two-sittings, two-sled, two-slit, two-slot, two-slotted, two-socket, two-some, two-song, two-span, two-spar, two-speed, two-spit, two-spotted ladybug, two-spreader, two-spring, two-stack, two-stage, two-stage rocket, two-star, two-state, two-station, two-step, two-steps, two-stoke, two-stone, two-stored house, two-storey, two-storeyed, two-storeyed house, two-storied, two-story, two-stranded, two-stringed, two-stripe, two-stroke, two-stroke engine, two-strokes, two-strutted, two-study-bedroom, two-stump, two-subject, two-summer, two-surfaces, two-syllable, two-syllabled, two-tailed, two-teacher, two-temperature, two-tenths, two-term, two-terminal, two-terminal-pair, two-terminal-pair, two-test, two-third, two-thirds, two-thirds, two-thirties, two-thirty, two-thonged, two-thousand, two-thousand-dollar, two-thousand-foot, two-thousand-strong, two-thousandths, two-three, two-three-four-foot-long, two-three-one, Two-throw, two-tier, two-tier bid, two-tiered, two-time, two-timer, two-times, two-timing, two-tine, two-to, two-toed, two-toed anteater, two-toed sloth, two-to-eight, two-to-five, two-to-four, two-ton, two-tone, two-toned, two-toners, Two-tongued, two-to-one, two-to-the-N, two-to-three, two-to-threefold, two-to-two, two-towered, two-track, two-trades, two-train, two-trigger, two-trolley, two-try, two-twenty, two-twenty-five, two-two, two-two-six, two-type, two-under, two-under-par, two-unit, two-up, two-up-two-down, two-up-two-downs, two-user, two-valued, two-valued logic, two-voltage, two-volume, two-warhead, two-washing-machine, two-watch, two-way, two-way communication, two-way hinge, two-way street, two-way trade, two-ways, two-way-travel-time, two-week, two-weekend, two-weekly, two-week-old, two-weeks, two-well, two-wheel, two-wheel tractor, two-wheel-drive, two-wheeled, two-wheeler, two-wheelers, two-wheels, two-wicket, two-wing flying fish, two-winged insects, two-wire, two-woman, two-word, two-world, two-worlds, two-yard, two-year, two-year-long, two-yearly, two-yearold, two-year-old, two-year-old-daughter, two-year-olds, two-years, two-year-separation, two-years-old, two-years-olds, two-year-trial, two-zone. | |
Ending with "two": a-two, father-of-two, fourteen-two, mother-of-two, mum-of-two, number-two, one-two, thirty-two, three-for-two, three-three-two, three-two, top-two, twenty-two, two-by-two, two-plus-two, two-two. | |
Containing "two": one-two-three, one-x-nine-two-four, seventy-two-year-old, Swim-two-birds, thirty-two-bar, thirty-two-year-old, twenty-two-year-old. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
two tower | 2,135 | dvd lord ring tower two | 215 |
lord of the ring the two tower | 2,095 | motorola two way radio | 215 |
two piece swimsuit | 1,514 | cheat lord ring tower two | 211 |
two way radio | 1,464 | two week notice soundtrack | 203 |
had one said two | 673 | two harbor mn | 198 |
two week notice | 635 | two company | 166 |
the two tower game | 571 | two dollar bill | 164 |
general happening hospital two | 423 | two way | 155 |
a tale of two city | 404 | two harbor | 152 |
two way pager | 403 | two lip teen | 150 |
two | 372 | two for the road | 148 |
two tower dvd | 327 | two can play that game | 146 |
man truck two | 283 | two lip | 137 |
buck chuck two | 281 | two lip shoes | 131 |
two girl and a guy | 274 | step two | 127 |
two lips.com | 249 | world war two picture | 126 |
two cow | 238 | brother racing two | 124 |
two girl | 225 | lock stock two smoking barrels | 121 |
bucket in pea two | 216 | strand twist two | 117 |
fast furious two two | 215 | two river wi | 111 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "two"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | twee. (various references) | |
Albanian | dy (twain, twosome). (various references) | |
Arabic | ورقة نقدية من فئة الدولارين, الثاني في مجموعة, الثاني من سلسلة, أثنان (duo, twain). (various references) | |
Asturian | dos. (various references) | |
Aymara | paya. (various references) | |
Basque | bi. (various references) | |
Bavarian | zwoa. (various references) | |
Bemba | fibili. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | náátsi. (various references) | |
Breton | div, daou. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | две, два (twain). (various references) | |
Catalan | dos. (various references) | |
Cebuano | duha. (various references) | |
Chamorro | dos. (various references) | |
Chinese | 二 . (various references) | |
Cornish | deu. (various references) | |
Croatian | dvije, dva. (various references) | |
Czech | dvì, dva. (various references) | |
Danish | to (Kingdom of Tonga, Tonga). (various references) | |
Dutch | twee. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | ishcai. (various references) | |
Esperanto | du. (various references) | |
Estonian | kaks, kahte. (various references) | |
Faeroese | tvey, tveir. (various references) | |
Finnish | kaksi. (various references) | |
Flemish | twee. (various references) | |
French | deux. (various references) | |
French Canadian | deux. (various references) | |
Frisian | twa. (various references) | |
Galician | dous, dúas. (various references) | |
German | zwei (b, Deuce, twain). (various references) | |
Greek | δυο (twain). (various references) | |
Guarani | mokõi, dos. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | dezè, de. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | dy. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שתים, שנים (teeth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | két, kettõ (dyad, twain). (various references) | |
Icelandic | tveir. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kedua (both, second), dwi, dua (deuce, duo). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | marruuk. (various references) | |
Irish | do (at, for, to, toward, your), dhá, dÚ, dó (burn, to him). (various references) | |
Italian | due (couple, Deuce, twain). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 二つ , 二 , 弐つ . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふたつ (nondelivery), に (baggage, cargo, load, red, red earth, takes after). (various references) | |
Kongo | zole. (various references) | |
Korean | 둘 (two-baser, TWOS). (various references) | |
Lombard | duu, do. (various references) | |
Luganda | ebiri, bbiri. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | zwou, zwee. (various references) | |
Macedonian | dva. (various references) | |
Malagasy | roa. (various references) | |
Malay | dua. (various references) | |
Manx | jees (both, brace, couple, pair, twain), ghaa (twain), daa (deuce). (various references) | |
Maori | rua. (various references) | |
Maya | ka'ah (to do). (various references) | |
Mohawk | tekeni. (various references) | |
Norwegian | to. (various references) | |
Occitan | dos, doas. (various references) | |
Papago | gohk (second). (various references) | |
Papiamen | dos. (various references) | |
Pidgin English | two. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otway.(various references) | |
Polish | dwa. (various references) | |
Portuguese | dois (a couple of, deuce, twain), duas (a couple of, twain). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | duas, dois. (various references) | |
Provencal | dos. (various references) | |
Quechua | iskay. (various references) | |
Romanian | doi. (various references) | |
Romansch | dus. (various references) | |
Romany | dooy. (various references) | |
Ruanda | kabiri. (various references) | |
Russian | два (twain). (various references) | |
Samoan | lua. (various references) | |
Scottish | dà (being a, prep.pron. to him). (various references) | |
Sepedi | bedi. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dvojka (deuce), dva (couple). (various references) | |
Shona | mbiri. (various references) | |
Sicilian | dui. (various references) | |
Slovene | dve, dva. (various references) | |
Somali | laba. (various references) | |
Sotho | pedi, mmedi, mabedi, bobedi. (various references) | |
Spanish | dos (a couple of, couple, Deuce, twain). (various references) | |
Sranan | tu (also, likewise, too). (various references) | |
Swahili | mbili, pili (second). (various references) | |
Swazi | -bilí. (various references) | |
Swedish | två (wash), tu. (various references) | |
Tagalog | dos. (various references) | |
Tahitian | piti. (various references) | |
Tswana | pedi, bobedi. (various references) | |
Turkish | iki (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, brace, couple, dual, duo-, dyad, twain, two-). (various references) | |
Turkmen | iki, goюa. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пара (couple, doublet, fume, match, pair, pendant, steam, twain, twosome, vapor, vapour), двійка (dyad), два. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | số hai đôi, hai (deuce, double, dual, duplex), đôi (binary, couple, double, pair). (various references) | |
Welsh | dau- (bi-), dau. (various references) | |
Wolof | ñaari, ñaar. (various references) | |
Xhosa | nambini, mbini, amabini. (various references) | |
Yucatec | ka'-. (various references) | |
Zulu | -bili. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dimidia, dimidiabunt, dimidiaque, dimidio, duo, duo, duae, dua . (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | dva, va. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 16, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OudeiV oikethV dunatai dusi kurioiV douleuein h gar ton ena mishsei kai ton eteron agaphsei h enoV anqexetai kai tou eterou katafronhsei ou dunasqe qew douleuein kai mamwna |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nemo servus potest duobus dominis servire aut enim unum odiet et alterum diliget aut uni adherebit et alterum contemnet non potestis Deo servire et mamonae |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ne mæg nan þeow twam hlafordum þeowian. oððe he anne hatað and oðerne lufað. oððe he anum folgað and oðerne forhogað; And ge ne magon gode þeowian and woruldwelan; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | No seruaunt may serue to twei lordis; for ether he schal hate `the toon, and loue the tothir; ethir he schal drawe to `the toon, and schal dispise the tothir. Ye moun not serue to God and to ritchesse. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | No servaunt can serve .ii. masters for other he shall hate ye one and love ye other or els he shall lene to the one and despyse the other. Ye can not serve God and mammon. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 16, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | Walay binatonan nga arang makaalagad ug duha ka agalon; kay mahitabo man nga dumtan niya ang usa ug higugmaon niya ang ikaduha; o dapigan niya ang usa ug tamayon niya ang ikaduha. Dili kamo makaalagad sa Dios ug sa mga bahandi." |
| Chinese | 一 個 僕 人 不 能 事 奉 兩 個 主 . 不 是 惡 這 個 愛 那 個 、 就 是 重 這 個 輕 那 個 . 你 們 不 能 又 事 奉 神 、 又 事 奉 瑪 門 。 |
| Croatian | "Nijedan sluga ne može služiti dvojici gospodara. Ili æe jednoga mrziti, a drugoga ljubiti; ili æe uz jednoga prianjati, a drugoga prezirati. Ne možete služiti Bogu i bogatstvu." |
| Danish | Ingen Tjener kan tjene to Herrer; thi han vil enten hade den ene og elske den anden, eller holde sig til den ene og ringeagte den anden; I kunne ikke tjene Gud og Mammon." |
| Dutch | Geen huisknecht kan twee heren dienen; want of hij zal den enen haten, en den anderen liefhebben, of hij zal den enen aanhangen, en den anderen verachten; gij kunt God niet dienen en den Mammon. |
| Finnish | Ei kukaan palvelija voi palvella kahta herraa; sillä hän on joko tätä vihaava ja toista rakastava, taikka tähän liittyvä ja toista halveksiva. Ette voi palvella Jumalaa ja mammonaa." |
| French | Nul serviteur ne peut servir deux maîtres. Car, ou il haïra l`un et aimera l`autre; ou il s`attachera à l`un et méprisera l`autre. Vous ne pouvez servir Dieu et Mamon. |
| German | Kein Knecht kann zwei Herren dienen: entweder er wird den einen hassen und den andern lieben, oder er wird dem einen anhangen und den andern verachten. Ihr könnt nicht Gott samt dem Mammon dienen. |
| Hungarian | Egy szolga sem szolgálhat két úrnak: mert vagy az egyiket gyûlöli és a másikat szereti; vagy az egyikhez ragaszkodik, és a másikat megveti. Nem szolgálhattok az Istennek és a mammonnak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tidak seorang pun dapat bekerja untuk dua majikan; sebab ia akan lebih mengasihi yang satu daripada yang lain, atau ia akan lebih setia kepada majikan yang satu daripada yang lain. Begitulah juga dengan kalian. Kalian tidak dapat bekerja untuk Allah dan untuk harta benda juga." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tiada seorang hamba dapat bertuankan dua orang, karena tak dapat tiada seorang dibencinya dan yang lain itu dikasihinya kelak; atau ia berpegang pada seorang, dan meringankan yang lain. Tiadalah dapat kamu bertuhankan Allah bersama-sama dengan Mammon." |
| Maori | E kore e ahei i te pononga te mahi ki nga rangatira tokorua: ka kino hoki ki tetahi, ka aroha ki tetahi; ka u ranei ki tetahi, ka whakahawea ki tetahi. E kore e ahei i a koutou te mahi ki te Atua, ki te taonga. |
| Norwegian | Ingen tjener kan tjene to herrer; for han vil enten hate den ene og elske den andre, eller holde sig til den ene og forakte den andre; I kan ikke tjene Gud og mammon. |
| Portuguese | Nenhum servo pode servir dois senhores; porque ou há de odiar a um e amar ao outro, o há de odiar a um e amar ao outro, o há de dedicar-se a um e desprezar o outro. Não podeis servir a Deus e às riquezas. |
| Rumanian | Nici o slugq nu poate sluji la doi stqpkni; cqci sau va urk pe unul wi va iubi pe celalt, sau va yinea numai la unul wi va nesocoti pe celalt. Nu puteyi sluji lui Dumnezeu wi lui Mamona.`` |
| Shuar | `Takarniuri Jimiará uuntrintin ajastinian tujintiawai. Warí, chikichnaka aneak chikichnaka nakitrashtatuak. Chikichan umiruk chikichnaka umirkashtatui. Yussha kuitcha Mái-metek Enentáimtuschamniaitrume" Tímiayi Jesus. |
| Spanish | Ningún siervo puede servir a dos señores; porque aborrecerá al uno y amará al otro, o se dedicará al uno y menospreciará al otro. No podéis servir a Dios y a las riquezas." |
| Swahili | "Hakuna mtumishi awezaye kuwatumikia mabwana wawili; kwa maana atamchukia mmoja na kumpenda mwingine, au ataambatana na mmoja na kumdharau mwingine. Hamwezi kumtumikia Mungu na mali." |
| Swedish | Ingen som tjänar kan tjäna två herrar; ty antingen kommer han då att hata den ene och älska den andre, eller kommer han att hålla sig till den förre och förakta den senare. I kunnen icke tjäna både Gud och Mamon." |
| Uma | "Uma-hawo ria hadua topobago mobago hi rodua tua. Apa' hadua mpai' nape'ahi', hadua napokahuku'. Hadua natuku' -ki hawa' -na, hadua nasapuaka. Wae wo'o koi', uma-koi bisa mpotuku' konoa Alata'ala, pai' hamali-koi ntora mporumpu rewa dunia'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "two": twofer, twofers, twofold, twofolds, twopence, twopences, twopenny, twos, twosome, twosomes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "two": artwork, artworks, basketwork, basketworks, bentwood, bentwoods, breastwork, breastworks, brightwork, brightworks, cabinetwork, cabinetworks, creditworthiness, creditworthinesses, creditworthy, cutwork, cutworks, cutworm, cutworms, driftwood, driftwoods, ductwork, ductworks, fatwood, fatwoods, flatwork, flatworks, flatworm, flatworms, footwork, footworks, footworn, fretwork, fretworks, frostwork, frostworks, fruitwood, fruitwoods, heartwood, heartwoods, heartworm, heartworms, jointworm, jointworms, lightwood, lightwoods, network, networked, networking, networkings, networks. (additional references) | |
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"Two" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awo, dwo, ewo, fwo, qwol, stwo, tbo, tbw, tco, tfw, thwe, tio, tko, tno, towt, trw, trwo, tso, tto, ttwa, tw, twa, t'war, twd, twe, twi, twid, twif, twim, twio, twoa, twod, twoe, twof, twoi, twom, twon, twoo, twop, twot, twou, twox, twr, twu, twun, twx, twy, tyo, Tywi, wtb, wto, zwo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "two" (pronounced tuw") |
| 2 | t uw" | hitherto, into, stew, tattoo, to, too. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tow, wot. | |
| Words within the letters "o-t-w" | |
-1 letter: ow, to, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-t-w" | |
+1 letter: nowt, stow, swot, town, tows, towy, trow, twos, wont, wort, wost, wots. | |
+2 letters: kotow, nowts, owlet, rowth, stowp, stows, strow, swots, throw, towed, towel, tower, towie, towns, towny, trows, whort, wonts, worst, worth, worts, wrote, wroth. | |
+3 letters: bestow, bowpot, cowpat, frowst, godwit, growth, howlet, intown, kotows, kowtow, lowest, newton, outlaw, outrow, outsaw, outwar, outwit, owlets, powter, rowths, stowed, stowps, strown, strows, tallow, thrown, throws, towage, toward, towels, towers, towery, towhee, towies, towing, townee, townie, trowed, trowel, trowth, twofer, uptown, wanton, whorts, wittol, wombat, wonted, wonton, worrit, worset, worsts, worths, worthy, wotted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Names: Company Usage 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Bible Trace 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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