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second

/ˈsɛk.ənd/ adverb B1
  1. After the first; at the second rank. · Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system.
  2. After the first occurrence but before the third. · He is batting second today.
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“I will take the first share,” he said, “because I am King: and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share (believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign it to me, and set off as fast as you can.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 35 · B2
This second signature explained everything to Franz, who now understood the objection of the messenger to coming up into the apartment; the street was safer for him.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 394 · C1
And when the second eye was done I could see much better than before.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 21 · B2
“Just the person we require at a time like the present,” said a second.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 50 · C1

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