ATO

abbreviation for

Australian Tax Office

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

Question 1 of 10

decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for ato

As Victoria was buying pots and tea cups Monday, she told the middle-age shop assistants she was purchasing them for the ATO.
Ukraine’s Home Front Grows War Weary|Anna Nemtsova|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In each of the eight ato of the pueblo the head ceremony was performed.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks
There is much exchange of labor between individuals, and even between large groups of people, such as members of an ato.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks
Now, Ato and Val and another hundred men came charging forward.
Hunters Out of Space|Joseph Everidge Kelleam

There they build a fire and place the head beside it, while the other men of the ato dance about it for an hour.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks
Ato began training divers against the day when the tunnel would be flooded.
Hunters Out of Space|Joseph Everidge Kelleam

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