Word: twos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Today, in 50 countries, there are 200 Petits Freres (both priests and lay brothers bear the same title) and 480 Petites Soeurs in groups of twos and threes in the poorest sections of wherever they happen to be. One room is always consecrated as a chapel, and an extra bed is reserved for a homeless visitor. Their uniform is the dress of the poor with a brown cross pinned to it. Their work is the most menial labor available to support them...
...problem of the chorus, ably led by Richard Smithies. In this play the chorus functions not only as a group of commenting onlookers but also as Elders of Colonus who participate in the dialogue. The distribution of lines among them is wisely varied: they speak sometimes singly or by twos, sometimes in unison. The celebrated ode in praise of Colonus comes off especially well...
...from New York City (but, refreshingly, not from Brooklyn), who is both wounded and briefly disillusioned in an unsuccessful attack in the Old City of Jerusalem. This episode gives a cleanly realistic picture of street fighting: instead of charging pell-mell at the enemy, the Israelis advance in twos and threes, hugging the walls of houses and making quick dashes for the protection of doorways and abutments...
...have strokes and seven men. I have bow oarsmen and number twos, but I haven't sustained power in the middle of the boat which I'm looking for. That's why I need an engine room," the gentle-spoken coach explains...
...broke with the usual damp wind off Jamaica Bay. But nothing dampened the air of brisk efficiency at the track. The long green barns disgorged a morning-long stream of highbred, high-headed horses. From the barns of the small-time owners and trainers they came in ones and twos. From the wealthier barns they came in "sets," each horse mounted by an exercise boy tricked up in a sweater dyed bright with the owner's colors...