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twain
/
ˈ
twe
ɪ
n/
noun
[
noncount
]
old-fashioned
:
two
never the twain shall meet
—
used to say that two things, places, etc., are very different and can never be brought together or made similar
▪
As far as he's concerned, work is work, family life is family life, and
never the twain shall meet
.
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