a couple of in English:

Since the bridge looks like a pair of glasses, they call it Meganebashi.

Tom buys new shoes whenever he can find a pair that fit.

a pair of trousers.

The adjacency pair has five basic characteristics.

Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.

As Season 2 started, Dima decided that he needed a new look, and - reaching into the pocket of his Armani - pulled out a pair of supercool shades.

The game of pinball involves directing a little steel ball onto ramps and into holes with a pair of flippers.

I haven't bought a pair of shoes for six months; I deserve a new pair so I think I'll go buy them!

What do we mean by "global optimization"? It's kind of like if I gave you a pair of binoculars and told you to find me the highest mountain in the world, using only your eyes.

Which pair would you rather buy?

Grow a pair

The Tanabata Festival is often called the Star Festival. August 7th, the day of the festival, is said to be the only time when a pair of lovers, stars separated by the Milky Way, can see each other.

Pocket calculators are as cheap to buy as a pair of socks, and as essential to thousands of British school children as a pencil and eraser.

But there's only one pair of chopsticks. What shall we do?

A love story that unfolds between an unlikely pair, a public prosecutor from a good family and a modern high school girl.

several times

As a result of the accident, several passengers were killed.

During the past several years, many Japanese have been either killed or injured while traveling overseas.

John helped himself to several pieces of pie without asking.

The women's college had a very small car park, and as several of the teachers and students, and many of the student's boyfriends, had cars, it was often difficult to find a place to park.

An unbreakable walnut in Bern has taken several casualties: 17 nutcrackers, 29 teeth, and a hammer.

As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.

In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.

I made several calls to Mr Yamada's residence, but no one answered the calls.

Improper grounding can make a microphone lethal to touch. Several singers have actually died this way.

The house isn't huge and it's on about two-thirds of an acre, and when we first bought it I spent several hours every week getting the lawnmower fixed and cutting the lawn, in that order.

In Singapore, one method of punishing criminals is to whip them, or hit them several times on the back with a cane.

It is more time-efficient to do several tasks sequentially than attempt to do them simultaneously.

Translate a sentence several times from one language to another and you'll find yourself with something totally different from the original.

Several years ago, in the course of being interviewed for a job, I was introduced to a competitor for the position.