" Hello people, ok... today we're going to see new words from the short story called "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" by the man himself Stephen King. I got to say that Miss. Andrea Rosales, she got the touch, ya'know. Thanks Miss.
1. although
/ɔːlˈðəʊ,ɒlˈðəʊ/
In spite of the fact that; even though.
"She’s fresh out of the
shower when the phone begins to ring, but although the house is still full of
relatives." -
Examples:
1.I was eating a hamburger, but although i decided to call for some pizza.
2. Although she prefer to stay there, in the middle of the street.
3. She cooked the dinner, although she drank a good wine.
4. Although, he run as fast as he could.
2. Bed -Table
Small table beside a bed.
"Anne goes to the extension on the bed-table, wrapping
a towel around her." -
Examples:
1.I used to use my bed-table but it is old now.
2. She doesn't like that bed-table.
3. My Grandma' has a bed-table.
4. Wow, Where's my bed-table.
3. thwack (thwacking)
/θwak/
Strike forcefully with a sharp blow.
"Anne goes to the extension
on the bed-table, wrapping a towel around her, her wet hair thwacking
unpleasantly on the back of her neck and bare shoulders."
Examples:
1. She thwacked her hair, she looked so hot, sorry.
2. Do not thwack your hair like that .
3. Please, thwack that mosquito.
4. The lizard was thwacked by the elephant.
4. Beneath
/bɪˈniːθ/
Extending or directly underneath.
"They turn to sand and she
sits on the bed, the towel falling off her, her wet bottom dampening the sheet
beneath her. If the bed hadn’t been there, she would have gone to the floor."
Examples:
1.Beneath the bed, there's the cat.
2. The pocket was beneath him.
3. Beneath his face, there were bad intentons.
5.Scold (Scolding)
/ˈskəʊldɪŋ/
An angry rebuke or reprimand.
“A mother scolding her
wayward eleven-year-old who’s come late to the supper-table yet again”.
Examples:
1. I decided to scold me son.
2. My grandmother scolded me beacause I didn't do my homework.
3. Did you see it? that woman scold that kid.
4. My boss scolded me today.
6. Hush
(A DC Comics character called hush, art by Jim Lee)
/hʌʃ/
1. Make (someone) be quiet or stop talking
2. A silence.
“Hush,” he says, and at
his old kindness—and at that old word, just one small piece of their marriage’s
furniture—she begins to cry harder. “Honey, hush.”
Examples:
1.¡Hush is my biggest enemy, I need to stop him!
2. shhhh, hush please.
3. Be hush, we are in a exam.
4.Your son is hush.
7. Strand
/strand/
leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
“Don’t call me that!”
There’s a clear strand of mucus hanging from one of her nostrils."
Examples:
1. She stranded her hair.
2. The chef strand the spaguetti
3. My hearphones are stranded.
4. He stranded the hole thing, I'm puzzeled.
8. Useless
/ˈjuːsləs/
Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome.
“The useless masks
flopping down like the corpses of small yellow animals.”
Examples:
1. This trash is useless for me.
2. You are useless in my life now.
3. Some things in my house are useless.
4. My aunt Lucia has useless things in her house.
9. Strange
/streɪn(d)ʒ/
Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.
“Dressing!” she calls
back. Her voice sounds like she’s been crying, but unfortunately, no one in
this house would find that strange. “Privacy, please!.”
Examples:
1.My mother ain't here, that's strange.
2. Dr. Strange is my favorite Marvel character.
3. The movie was a little bit strange.
4. No woman had never looked at me, that's strange.
10. Sidewalk
/ˈsʌɪdwɔːk/
A paved path for pedestrians at the side of a road; a pavement.
"People stand on the
sidewalks, looking east toward the sound of the explosion and the rising smoke,
shading their eyes with their hands."
