"once or twice" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-once or twice.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) A small, indefinite number of times. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations to be Checked): unu-dufoje (Esperanto) Translations (a small, indefinite number of times): 一兩次 (Chinese Mandarin), 一两次 (yī liǎng cì) (Chinese Mandarin), kord või paar (Estonian), pari kertaa (Finnish), une fois ou deux (French), ein- oder zweimal (German), egyszer vagy kétszer (Hungarian), 一、二度 (ichi, ni-do) (Japanese), 一、二回 (ichi, ni-kai) (Japanese), еднаш-двапати (ednaš-dvapati) (Macedonian), raz czy dwa (Polish), па́ру раз (páru raz) (Russian), оди́н-два ра́за (odín-dva ráza) (Russian)
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          "sense": "a small, indefinite number of times",
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          "sense": "a small, indefinite number of times",
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