cada dos por tres

cada dos por tres

familiar every five minutes

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every five minutes; every other minute, all the time

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= all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes

Ex. Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.

Ex. Such paper was rarely made, but may now and again be found with the watermark in the middle, or next to an edge, of the sheet.

Ex. Nevertheless, modern cataloguing practices often represent some amalgam of the collocative and the direct approaches.

Ex. Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.

Ex. It's also not always practical to don and remove gloves every other minute when dealing with babies and toddlers.

Ex. I am tired of having to blow my nose every five minutes.

Ex. Teachers across Britain are subjected to foul language, personal abuse, sexual insults and threats of violence by pupils every few minutes.

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= all the time, now and again, often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.], frequently, every other minute, every five minutes, every few minutes

Ex: Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.

Ex: Such paper was rarely made, but may now and again be found with the watermark in the middle, or next to an edge, of the sheet.

Ex: Nevertheless, modern cataloguing practices often represent some amalgam of the collocative and the direct approaches.

Ex: Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.

Ex: It's also not always practical to don and remove gloves every other minute when dealing with babies and toddlers.

Ex: I am tired of having to blow my nose every five minutes.

Ex: Teachers across Britain are subjected to foul language, personal abuse, sexual insults and threats of violence by pupils every few minutes.