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Universal Words number 5: There are only five cookies left. * five of Sweden's top financial experts * Ten people were invited but only five turned up. * Do you have change for five dollars? * a five-month contract * Look at page five. * Five and four is nine. * Three fives are fifteen. * I can't read your writing-is this meant to be a five? * The bulbs are planted in threes or fives (= groups of three or five). * We moved to America when I was five (= five years old). * Shall we meet at five (= at five o'clock), then? seealsoHIGHFIVE IDIOMS give sb five (informal) to hit the inside of sb's hand with your hand as a greeting or to celebrate a victory: Give me five! moreatNINE