to-do
/təˈduː/
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American sound/təˈduː/
təˈduː
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- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
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tə - ˈduː -> to do
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- ‘There also was a bit of a to-do over what constituted a ‘strip cell’.’
- ‘When they returned to the foyer there had been a bit of a to-do with Oliver.’
- ‘They had a to-do just last week, when Simon had to tell her not to resign from politics.’
- ‘Much to-do has been made of the relationship as depicted between Hephaistion and Alexander.’
- ‘We make a big to-do about men's infidelity, but what about unfaithfulness among women?’
- ‘Any further to-do will be met with my husband coming round to the surgery to give you a good hiding.’
- ‘Gareth Holmes and electrician James Asherton had a bit of a to-do over James' craftsmanship on Gareth's home.’
- ‘This is not the time to make a big to-do about our report for a few weeks, and then put it into the deep freeze.’
- ‘Just to tease the boss, the drovers made a big to-do about who would sit next to Laurie but, in the end, Gil ended up at her side.’
- ‘This back and forth happens once or twice more, and then there's a little to-do because the tyke has wet the little pants she is wearing.’
- ‘Much to-do has been made about whether dreaming arguments are self-refuting.’
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