The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates — By Stephen King and narrated by Jill Eikenberry

1. CHUCKLES

DEFINITION

Laug quietly, inwardly or suppressed laugh.

PRONUNCIATION
tʃə-kəl

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

''James chuckles. It is a bewildered sound. “Well, I tell you what,” he says.''

PART OF SPEECH
Verb

EXAMPLES
1. Joseph stumbled in the park and Mary chuckled.
2. I chuckled, because his comment was kind of silly.
3. For some reason Eva and Sofia always chuckle on Mondays.

4. Stop chuckling, my misfortunes are not funny.
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2.WRAPPING

DEFINITION

Wrapping is something such as paper or plastic which is used to cover and protect something.

PRONUNCIATION

ɹæ-pɪŋ

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

''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.''

PART OF SPEECH

Noun

EXAMPLES

1. If you have nothing to give him, you can wrap yourself as his gift.

2. Tomorrow is Erick's birthday, so I'm wrapping his gift.

3. Maria, wrap the sweets please. It's really important.

4. I'm going to wrap these packages to make them look better.

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3. WET

DEFINITION

The definition of wet is moist, rainy or having liquid on it.

PRONUNCIATION

wɛt

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

''They turn to sand and she sits on the bed, the towel falling off her, her wet bottom dampening the sheet beneath her.'' 

PART OF SPEECH

Adjective

EXAMPLES

1. Why do you have wet clothes?

2. All my notebooks got wet because of the rain.

3. It didn't rain here; the dog looks wet because I just bathed it.

4. My computer is wet because my brother spilled juice on it.

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4. HESITANT

DEFINITION

When someone is tentative, unsure or slow in acting.

PRONUNCIATION

hɛ-zɪ-tɪnt

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

''Then, as he says her name again (sounding uncharacteristically hesitant and unsure of himself), the strength slips from her legs.'' 

PART OF SPEECH

Adjective

EXAMPLES

1. I was very hesitant about which college I should go.

2. He is a very hesitant man; he never knows what to choose.

3. When it came time to make a decision, she was very hesitant.

4. I've always thought it was incredible, but lately I think I'm very hesitant.

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5. BENEATH

DEFINITION
Extending or directly underneath or at a lower level or layer than something.

PRONUNCIATION
bə-niθ

ORIGINAL SENTENCE
''They turn to sand and she sits on the bed, the towel falling off her, her wet bottom dampening the sheet beneath her.''

PART OF SPEECH
Adverb

EXAMPLES
1. The cat was beneath the table because I scolded it.
2. All my stuff fell off and stayed beneath the desk.
3. You never look well, the pencil was beneath the table.
4. I will leave the money beneath the bed so no one going to find it.

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                                  6. SIDEWALKS

                                   

DEFINITION

- A walk, a paved one, at the side of the street or road.

PRONUNCIATION

- sahyd- wawk [IPA]

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

- ¨People stand on the sidewalks, looking east toward the sound explosion and the rising smoking.¨

PART OF THE SPEECH

- noun

EXAMPLES

- Most people usually walk by trash they pass on streets and sidewalks.

- Jennyfer was lying on the sidewalk.

- A child was toddling along the sidewalk.

- Kate parked her car on the sidewalk.

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7- RELOCATE

DEFINITION

- To move a building, company, etc to a  different location.

PRONUNCIATION

- ree-loh-keyt [IPA]

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

- ''And although they relocate to Boca Raton, she gets back to the old neightborhood often.''

PART OF THE SPEECH

- verb

EXAMPLES

1- The company is to relocate to South Korea.

2- Our team must relocate to a new area for a variety reasons.

3- Emely and Andrea found themselves compelled to relocate.

4- If the rents of my apartment continue rising, I will relocate.

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       8- DIAL

DEFINITION

- A plate, disk, face or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of the day is indicated by hands, pointers or shadows, as of a clock.

- To indicate or register on or as if on a dial.

PRONUNCIATION

- dahy-uhl [IPA]

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

- ''When she opens the line again and gets a perfectly normal dial tone.''

PART OF THE SPEECH

- noun and verb

EXAMPLES

1- Dad took up the telephone receiver and began to dial.

2- Dial me at home.

3- I started to dial but then he hung up.

4- Jin turned the dial on the radio.

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9- MUTTERS

DEFINITION

-To utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself.

PRONUNCIATION

- muth-er [IPA]

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

- '' He mutters, it would have been so simple just to...well, never mind.''

PART OF THE SPEECH

- verb

EXAMPLES

1- There's mutters inside this house.

2- I heard mutters in the other room.

3- This woman mutters something, but I didn't understand her.

4- She began to mutter incoherently.

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10- DUSTY

DEFINITION

- Filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.

PRONUNCIATION

- duhs-tee [IPA]

ORIGINAL SENTENCE

- '' All dusty, and some of the threads are broken.''

PART OF THE SPEECH

- adjective

EXAMPLES

1- The windy and dusty weather coarsened the skin.

2- New York is cold and dusty.

3- It was a high summer; The trees were dusty and the rivers were dry.

4- I found my dusty diary.