Chapter 2 of Mr. Togo: Maid of all Work is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Mr. Togo: Maid of all Work is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I repeat. Loud silence. Sew-machine stop, gossip stop, dressmake stop. “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with. Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.”
Chapter 2 of Mr. Togo: Maid of all Work is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
complete or carry out
From this reading “Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.””
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading ““Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.”
light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading “Sew-machine stop, gossip stop, dressmake stop.”
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “Loud silence.”
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading “I repeat.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading ““Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.”
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading “Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.””
a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control
From this reading “Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in addition
From this reading Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
complete or carry out
From this reading Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sew-machine stop, gossip stop, dressmake stop.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading Sew-machine stop, gossip stop, dressmake stop.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I repeat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading Loud silence.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.”
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading I repeat.
express in words
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sew-machine stop, gossip stop, dressmake stop.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Loud silence.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Sew-machine stop, gossip stop, dressmake stop.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control
From this reading Also discharge Togo sooner than possible.”
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Annie,” I hear Mrs Jno W. Smith say, “Bring me glass of water to faint with.
Chapter 2 of Mr. Togo: Maid of all Work by Wallace Irwin holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 436 sentences of Mr. Togo: Maid of all Work, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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