Translation of "once or twice" to German

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Dictionary translations for "once or twice"

once or twice adverb

einmal oder zweimal (one or two times)

Contexts with "once or twice"

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 conversation?' Langsam hatte Alice die Nase voll davon, neben ihrer Schwester auf der Bank zu sitzen und nichts zu tun zu haben: ein zweimal hatte sie einen Blick auf das Buch geworfen, das ihre Schwester las, doch es enthielt weder Abbildungen noch Dialoge; "und wozu taugt ein Buch", dachte Alice, "ohne Abbildungen oder Dialoge?"

He did it not once, but twice. Er hat es nicht einmal, sondern zweimal getan.

I went not once, but twice. Ich bin nicht einmal, sondern zweimal gegangen.

Once bitten, twice shy. Gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer.

Once you've formed a bad habit, you can't get rid of it easily. Sobald du eine schlechte Angewohnheit entwickelt hast, ist es nicht einfach, sie wieder loszuwerden.

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