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| cheap at twice the price expr | (very inexpensive) | molto conveniente loc agg |
Once bitten,
twice shy expr | figurative, proverb (more cautious now) (proverbio: cautela dopo un errore) | chi si scotta con la minestra bollente, soffia anche su quella fredda espr |
| | | andare con i piedi di piombo espr |
| once or twice expr | (a couple of times, a few times) | un paio di volte, uno o due volte, una volta o due loc avv |
| think twice v expr | (reconsider [sth]) | ripensarci, pensarci bene, pensarci due volte v |
| | My granny was about to give her bank details to a salesman on the phone, but I told her to think twice. |
| think twice about [sth] v expr | (reconsider [sth]) | pensarci due volte su vi |
| | Think twice about the personal information you share online. |
think twice about doing [sth],
think twice before doing [sth],
think twice before you do [sth] v expr | (reconsider prior to doing [sth]) | pensarci bene prima di fare [qlcs], pensarci due volte prima di fare [qlcs] v |
| | You should think twice about giving up a steady job to start a PhD. |
| | I'd advise you to think twice before you accept this man's proposal; you've only just met him! |
| twice as adv | (double, two times more) | due volte più, il doppio più loc avv |
| | | doppiamente avv |
| | Tom is twice as nice as his brother. |
| twice as long expr | (double the time) | il doppio del tempo nm |
| | It takes twice as long to get to the other side of town in rush hour. |
| twice as much n | (double the amount) | doppio nm |
| | I've decided to give twice as much to charity this year. |
| | Ho deciso di dare il doppio in beneficenza quest'anno. |
| twice as much expr | (double the amount of [sth]) | il doppio nm |
| | It can take twice as much effort to make dinner without a stove. |
| | Farei il doppio della fatica a preparare la cena senza il forno. |
| twice daily expr | (two times per day) | due volte al giorno avv |
| twice over adv | (two times) | due volte |
| | I had to do the job twice over because I messed it up the first time. The restaurant would never serve the same meal twice over. |
| | Ho dovuto fare il lavoro due volte perché la prima volta ho fatto casino. Il ristorante non serviva mai due volte lo stesso piatto. |
| twice removed adj | (relative: two generations younger) | di terza generazione loc agg |
| twice removed adj | (relative: two generations older) (grado di parentela) | di terzo grado loc agg |
| twice yearly adv | (two times a year) | due volte all'anno, due volte l'anno |
| | We publish our magazine twice yearly, in January and June. |
| twice-weekly publication n | ([sth] published two times a week) (due volte alla settimana) | pubblicazione bisettimanale nf |