单词 | to count up to ten |
释义 | > as lemmasto count up to ten P5. to count ten: see count v. 1; spec., to do this in order to check oneself from speaking impetuously; also to count up to ten. ΚΠ 1817 T. Jefferson Let. 12 July in Writings (1899) X. 93 When angry count 10. before you speak. 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise xi. 205 Copper-plate maxims..; ‘Count ten before you speak’, and so on. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters ii. 122 Don't say anything. Hold it. Count ten. 1976 R. Perry One Good Death vii. 116 He counted up to ten before he answered me. < as lemmas |
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