Kilo Lingo

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Translation

pair, couple

Examples

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They are a lovely couple.

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The young couple danced in the drawing room.

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She saw two pairs of eyes in the darkness.

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The birds flew in pairs.

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Each pair received a gift.

is a word of quantity, so what it counts follows with : , . Use only when you mean possession, which with a pair you almost never do. The word covers both a matched set of objects and two people who go about together, and for the second sense oj is the married version if you want to be specific. i is to pair things up and i is to pair off, the -- and -- pair doing their usual work.

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This word is part of lesson 15.