The phrase later spread to other sports like hockey and soccer for three goals in a game, and now has a more general meaning for any string of three successes. I wonder if there is any specific word something occuring successfully four times (consecutively).
vocabulary - Hat-trick is for three, what's the word for four ...
The common saying two is company, three's a crowd is often associated with a romantic context: Prov. A way of asking a third person to leave because you want to be alone with someone.
Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral "3" in this sentence? The number 345 has three digits, where the first digit is a 3.
writing style - Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral "3 ...
To express a fraction of 3 out of 4, how and when would you use three quarters, and when would you use three fourths? To me, three quarters is what I would have used all the time — but I'm not a n...
word choice - "Three quarters" vs. "three fourths" - English Language ...
The three R's mark his three episcopal residences, Reims, Ravenna, and Rome. He was the first Frenchman that was honoured with S. Peter's chair. Gerbert was the most learned man of his time. He was a great lover and collector of books, cultivated all the arts and sciences, and was the first after Boethius, who applied himself to mathematical ...