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twice

/twaɪs/ adverb A2
  1. Two times. · You should brush your teeth twice a day.
  2. Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.
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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 1 · B2
In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 34 · B2
This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 56 · B2
“—you advance twice—”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 76 · B2

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