Attic has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | "You see," he explained, "I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." | |
| 2. | Let's clear out the attic. | |
| 3. | He says he must get rid of the mice that are in the attic. | |
| 4. | Dust had accumulated in the attic. | |
| 5. | There's ample room in the attic. | |
| 6. | It seems to me that I heard a noise in the attic. | |
| 7. | Who knows what you'll find up in the attic? | |
| 8. | In the attic is my grandfather's old first-aid kit from World War II. | |
| 9. | Every once in a while I read about a priceless antique that someone found in their attic. | |
| 10. | Tom climbed the stairs up to the attic. |