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STORY #3: "Greenshaws's Folly"

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  (Written by Agatha Christie) 1. SHRUBBERY [ Pronunciation ]    Meaning :   It is an area in a garden planted with shrubs. Original sentence: "The two men rounded the corner of the shrubbery ". Which part of the speech is:     A noun. Examples:      The gardener clipped the shrubbery of my house. The walk takes you from the shrubbery area into the deeper woods.  Ana bounded through the shrubbery, she ran from the dogs.  I have some shrubbery and flowers in my yard. 2. UNBUCKLED [ Pronunciation ] Meaning :   Unfasten the buckle of something, especially belt or garment. Original sentence: "He unbuckled the strap of his camera and got busy". Which part of the speech is:     A verb. Base of the verb:   Unbuckle Examples:      My grandfather unblocked his leather belt. The walk takes you from the shrubbery area into the deeper woods.  Ana bounded through the shrubbery, she ran from the dogs.  I have some shrubbery and flowers in my yard. Meaning :   Unfasten the bu
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STORY #2: "Eveline"

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(Written by Stephen King) 1. LEANED [ Pronunciation ]   Meaning :   To incline, deviate or bend from a vertical position. Original sentence: "Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne".   Which part of the speech is:     A verb. Base of the verb:   Lean. Examples:      My father leaned the ladder against the wall . She leaned the table to wash it. She was leaned to the left. She leaned the door and couldn't close it. 2. CRIPPLE [ Pronunciation ]     Meaning :   Cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move normally. Original sentence: "The Devines, the Waters, the Dunns, little Keogh the cripple , she and her brothers and sisters". Which part of the speech is:     An adjective. Examples:      My friend has an accident and she got cripple. Lauren was cripple after falling from the second floor of her house.  He was cripple, using a wheelchair to be able to transport himself. Juan cannot run, he is cri
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STORY #1: "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates"

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(Written by Stephen King) 1. BREATHING [ Pronunciation ]     Meaning :   The process of taking air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological proccess. Original sentence: "Her teeth click together and that stars her breathing again".   Which part of the speech is:   A verb Base of the verb: Breathe Examples:      The baby wasn't breathing when she was born. Raul ran a lot, his breathing was fast.  She scared, fainted and stopped breathing at the  bad news.  Yesterday I stopped breathing for a few seconds.  2. SHREWISH [ Pronunciation ]      Meaning :   Bad tempered or aggressively assertive (Typically used of a woman) . Original sentence: "In her voice, this might have come out souding shrewish" . Which part of the speech is: An adjective Examples: My neighbor is rough, shrewish and she likes beating up.  The girl gets shrewish when she doesn't hve candy. Carmen woke up in a shrewish yesterday.  When I talked to Juan, he was in
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