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Meanings of invent a machine in English

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Usage of invent a machine in English
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I wish somebody would invent a machine to cook, wash, scrub, and do housework in general.
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
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No Yankee has yet been able to invent a machine that will create serviceable mules to order.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
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She would have given a great deal if Totho could invent a machine to take back hasty words.
Empire in black and gold
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Why don't you invent a machine to enable people at a distance to see as well as to hear each other?
Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
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During this time they were strapped to her sides, and she had to invent a machine to turn over the pages of her book.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
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He invented a machine for the making of fence out of wire.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
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Accordingly he invented a machine, something like a range-finder for big guns.
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from...
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This man was a clever mechanic, and had invented a machine for making chenille.
The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)
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He has invented a machine that will cut and dip a thousand splinters an hour.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
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I invented a machine for elongating it, but his mother won't let me use it.
Septimus
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Sleighbells and oarlocks have to be original He has invented a machine which makes thirty-three noises.
The new yorker
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A group of scientists in Bangkok have invented a machine to determine whether Thai food tastes authentic.
BBC
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He invented a machine for shearing cloth, and from that earned five hundred dollars in two years.
Stories of Great Inventors / Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edi...
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Indeed, he progressed until he himself checked his rise by inventing a machine that made his handwork unnecessary.
The Story of a Pioneer
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But it is not in his character of philosopher that he either wins a race or invents a machine.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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He invented a machine to cut crystal, and within a decade, he was able to refine it to brilliance.
Reuters
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