STORY #1: "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates"

(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:     

1. The baby wasn't breathing when she was born.
2. Raul ran a lot, his breathing was fast. 
3. She scared, fainted and stopped breathing at the  bad news. 
4. 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:

1. My neighbor is rough, shrewish and she likes beating up.
2.  The girl gets shrewish when she doesn't hve candy.
3. Carmen woke up in a shrewish yesterday. 
4. When I talked to Juan, he was in a shrewish.

 

3. HESITATES

[Pronunciation]  

 

Meaning: Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.

Original sentence: "Jimmy... She hesitates long enough to ask herself if this is information she really want, then plunges with that question still unanswered". 

Which part of the speech is:  A verb 

Base of the verb: Hesitate

Examples:     

1. David hesitates getting good grades in math.
2. Bessy didn't hesitate when they offered her job.
3. We will never know what happened, we will stay with hesitates. 
4. I have hesitates about the exam. 

4. WHISPER

[Pronunciation]  

 

Meaning: Speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat , especially for the sake or secrecy.

 

Original sentence: "Beep, she whispers, then cover her mouth to hold in laughter that is some emotion even more complicated than grief finding the only way out it has".

Which part of the speech is:  A verb.

Examples:     

1. Alison whispers the phone number to Juan.
2. Friends don't whisper in class because the teacher gets upset.
3. The wind blew like a whisper of love in the ear.  
4. She whisper her biggest secrets to him.

5. RAISIN

[Pronunciation]  

Meaning: It is a dehydrated or sun-dried grape. Is sweet, chewy and often found in oatmeal cookies and granola.

Original sentence: "About this she never has qualm, but she stops going to Zoltan's Family Bakery on Sundays when she's home, even though their raisin bagels are, she is sure, served in heaven's waiting room".

Which part of the speech is:  A noun.

Examples:     

1. I want a chocolate ice cream with raisins.
2. Manuel likes raisins but he can't eat them because he is allergic.
3. Juan doesn´t like vanilla ice cream with raisins. He prefers the chocolate one.
4. Rice with raisins is a delight, however, not everyone likes this dish.

6. THWACKING

[Pronunciation]  

Meaning:  Give one repeated blows to a person, animal or thing. 

Original sentence: "her wet hair thwacking unpleasantly on the back of her neck and bare shoulders".

Which part of the speech is: An adjective

Base of the verb: Thwack

Examples:

1.  Maria ended up thwacking the glass table.
2. Pedro is thwacking the ball very hard.
3. These guys are very bad, they were thwacking a dog. 
4. My boss is thwacking his son because he doesn't want to continue studying. 

7.BEWILDERED

[Pronunciation]  

Meaning: When we want to realize that we have been extremely surprised, stunned or hallucinated by the succession of a certain event that was not expected.

Original sentence: "James chuckles. It is a bewildered sound. “Well, I tell you what,” he says. “I don’t exactly know where I am.”

Which part of the speech is: A verb

Base of the verb: Bewilder 

Examples:

1. William was taken bewildered for a moment.
2. The captain was also bewildered.
3. He looked bewildered for the situation. 
4. Susan was bewildered that her 15 years old daugther got pregnant. 

8.HANGING

[Pronunciation]  

Meaning: One thing pending another without reaching the ground. 

Original sentence: "There’s a clear strand of mucus hanging from one of her nostrils". 

Which part of the speech is: A verb  

Base of the verb: Hang 

Examples:

1. Hanging structures are suspended by cables or braces anchored to supports.
2. Very strong hanging objects shake.
3. Last week I saw a snake hanging from a three.
4. I'm hanging the clothes that I washed.

9. POPPING

[Pronunciation]  

Meaning: Said , usually , of a thing that breaks with a bang : cause extraordinary noise .

Original sentence: "The overhead bins popping open, carry-ons starting to fly, someone’s Norelco razor rolling up the tilted aisle".

Which part of the speech is: A verb  

Examples:

1. The door slammed shut, causing a popping.
2. The boy dropped the vase, it broke and caused a big popping.
3. My niece is popping water balloons.
4. Let's watch a movie in my house, I have popcorn for popping.

10. THOUGHTFULLY

[Pronunciation]  

Meaning: Who meditates intensely and is absorbed in this thoughts.  

Original sentence: “Scared?” he asks thoughtfully. “No. A little worried, that’s all. Mostly about which door to use.”

Which part of the speech is: Adjective  

Examples:

1. Justin thoughtfully examined the paper with the data.
2. Carlos was rubbing his chin thoughtfully with a hammer.
3. I thoughtfully remembered my grandmother's words.
4. Every day she remain thoughtfully for 5 minues.