English
Adverb
in twain (not comparable)
- in halves; into two parts; asunder
- When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split in twain and his body fell like a lump to the ground in turn.
- Kif Kroker from the series Futurama, in the episode Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch
- ...shortly, it will renne my loins in twain, burst forth, and pull us down, down, down into the deep, dark waters of commitment.
- Dryden
- When old winder split the rocks in twain.
Translations
in halves
- Dutch: in tweeën
- Finnish: kahtia
- German: entzwei (de)
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- Greek: στα δύο (sta dýo)
- Russian: попола́м (ru) (popolám), напопола́м (ru) (napopolám); на полови́ны (na polovíny)
- Swedish: itu (sv)
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