Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Couple"

A: In this sentence "just a couple" means that there are 2 or more people.
Just a couple of masculine dudes means there are a few masculine dudes or "it's just a few masculine boys/dudes"

A: "A couple of times" mean something happened more than once, but not many times. What is "many times" depends on the situation and speaker.

Examples:

A- "I went to the museum a couple of times when I lived in Tokyo."
B- "Did you go often?"
A- "Maybe once a month."

1- "I eat ice cream a couple of times a week."
2- "Every day?!?"
1- "No, just on Monday and Friday."

"They went on a couple of dates before becoming official."
"She read the book a couple of times before taking the test."
"The wi-fi stopped working a couple of times during the storm."

A: Elizabeth Barret Browning and Robert Browning married secretly. Two weeks later on September 18th, they sent each other letters, and then the next day moved to live in Italy.

A: Technically, a couple of days is 2 days, couple = 2. However, think people use that term loosely, and a couple can mean 2 or 3.

So..
2 or 3 days into summer vacation..
2 or 3 days after summer vacation started/began.

A: Yes, they imply the same thing but "a couple of days into summer vacation" is much shorter.

A: my kids used to always come up to me and say can I have a couple of dollars. a couple of means a few

A: "a couple of" = a few, a small number, several. We usually use this when there are 2-5 things.

"There were a couple of birds in the tree" = there were several birds in the tree
"I listened to a couple of the songs" = I listened to several of the songs

We often remove the word "of" and just say "a couple ____."

"I saw a couple friends today" = I saw several friends today
"He ate a couple donuts" = he ate several donuts

A: There are a couple of meanings to this word

One of them is a couple, boyfriend and girlfriend, two lovers, etc.

But the other definition of the word " couple" says it means two people or things, but many native speakers say that "a couple" can mean "several/a few".

...so there are a couple of interpretations of "couple" ...

A: 'You just need a couple of nice decorations here and there'

A: I'll give you a couple of example sentences. :)

How much does this cost? I've only got a couple of bucks.
There are a couple of clouds in the sky, but I don't think it'll rain.

("Couple" means "two," but when we say "a couple of," we usually mean AROUND two. It could be three, or two and a half, or only one; we're not sure.)

A: The first sentence is incorrect. The second sentence is correct.

You can use "with" with "contact" only if "contact" is a noun, whereas it is a verb in your sentences.

A: A couple means "two." However, some people use the word to mean any small number (except "one"), like 3 or 4.

"Several" is more than a couple. But maybe not as much as "a lot."

A: "couples" is the plural of "couple" (so more than one couple) used for relationships
or
"couple" could also mean two or more things of the same sort considered together and "couples" could mean people in a relationship

A: “I had a couple pictures taken” means that someone else took the pictures for you and “I took a couple of pictures” means you took them

A: The words couple and few are very similar. There are no differences

A: 'shy', in this context, means 'less than' or 'short'. Not the most common meaning of 'short'.

His hammer throw was a few millimetres shy of the world record.
His hammer throw was a few millimetres less than the world record.

He was a couple of years short of being ordained.
He still had a couple of years to go before he could be ordained.
He needed a couple more years before he could be ordained.

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A: no ... dull means lack of shine/light so if something is dull it means that it is just plain and boring or without colour

A: Lol. 3rd wheel?

A: Unfortunately, I don't think we have this sort of expression. You would just describe the situation; "They got married very quickly" とか "They got married only a few months after they first met"

A: × if you come with a couple of family, you will get a 10% discount.
✓ If you come in with your family (at least two members), you will get a 10% discount.

Or:
If you come in with your family (minimum two members), you will get a 10% discount.
If you come in with at least two members of your family, you will get a 10% discount.
If you come in with at least two family members, you will get a 10% discount.

A: 1.I’ve seen a couple bakeries selling ube pandesal in Hawaii.
3.If I had gone to Hawaii with my boyfriend, it wouldn’t have happened and I wouldn’t have lost the ring he gave me.
4. If I were you, I would’ve gone all the way from Japan to the US to visit her.
2 was fine, the others just had small spelling or grammar errors but they were pretty good 👍🏽

A: In number 2. I would use the second sentence “I don’t wanna be mindful of what I eat all the time” or “I don’t wanna worry about what I eat all the time”

A: This sentence can easily be used in real speaking. It basically means that the topic at hand will not happen now, rather in around two weeks (so 14 days). Let me know if you need more help, or if I should explain this differently.

A:

For the first couple of years