I used a whisk to sweep the counter, then a push-broom for the floor.

[…] The ball will be rather a toney affair."

Secondly, the teacher-librarian must know how to use books herself to find information — title page, table of contents, index, guidewords, etc.

Since the old man used a special method of crushing the meat, which he learned from a master chef at Changchou in Fukien Province, his business flourished and the name “Tuhsiaoyeh” spread rapidly.]