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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
twin
/twɪn/
noun1 of 2
two children born from the same mother at the same time
- “We could not tell the twins one from the other.”Tatoeba
- “Although they are twins, they have few interests in common.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
(usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)