Vocabulary related with the story "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" by Stephen King. Did you already know these words? Surely you read a story in English many times and you do not know many words. On this occasion, we bring you a few words that you may not have known. Let's start with:

 1. Wrapping

Part of speech: Noun

Pronunciation: (US) ˈrapiNG

Meaning: the material used to wrap something.

Part of the story: "Anne goes to the extension on the bed-table, wrapping a     towel around her"

Sentences:

1. She is wrapping her puppy in a quilt.

2. My mom is wrapping her hair in a towel.

3. Donis is wrapping his candy in a bag.

4. My grandmother is carefully wrapping the presents.

2. Beneath

Part of speech: Adverb

Pronunciation: (US) bəˈnēTH

Meaning: extending or directly underneath something.

Part of the story: "her wet bottom dampening the sheet beneath her"

Sentences:

1. Lorena found some coins beneath the sofa.

2. The rabbits in my house have caves beneath the house.

3. She felt some beetles run beneath her feet.

4. The rain brought trash beneath his car.

3. Chuckles

Part of speech: Verb

Pronunciation: (US) chuh-klz / ˈtʃʌk(ə)l 

Meaning: When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.

Part of the story: "He chuckles as if this is funny"

Sentences:

1. She chuckles at the sad situation.

2. The girl chuckles while lying on the ground.

3. My grandfather chuckles and says "it's okay".

4. Alexandra looks at me and chuckles warmly to cheer me up. 

4. Licking

Part of speech: Noun

Pronunciation: (US) ˈlɪkɪŋ / ˈlikiNG

Meaning: a heavy defeat or beating.

 

Part of the story: "She imagines him licking off those beads and is horrified to feel a sexual stirring"

Sentences:

1. Sanson is licking his paw.

2. The cow is licking the mirror of the car.

3. The girl is licking the lollipop.

4. The cat is licking his milk bowl.

5. Caretaker

Part of speech: Noun 

Pronunciation: (US) ˈkerˌtākər

Meaning: a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc.

Part of the story: "The McCormack kid he’s talking about must be the son of the guy who used to be their caretaker in Vermont"

Sentences:

1. Lorenzo has been the caretaker at the hospital for 4 years.

2. The corner cafeteria is looking for a caretaker for the night.

3. The school caretaker tells that there is a ghost that comes out at night.

4. Tomas was the caretaker of the hotel where I stayed on my last trip.

6. Grief

Part of speech: Noun

Pronunciation: (US) ɡrēf

Meaning: intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death.

Part of the story: "she whispers, then covers her mouth to hold in laughter that is some emotion even more complicated than grief finding the only way out it has"

Sentences:

1. Sofia has a grief for the death of her grandfather.

2. Yarely struggles daily with her feelings of grief and guilt.

3. Every time I remember my grandmother the grief and sadness comes back to me.

4. Feelings of grief and anger are very bad.

7. Autumn 

Part of speech: Noun 

Pronunciation: (US) aw·tm / ˈɑː.t̬əm

Meaning: the season after summer and before winter, in the northern hemisphere from September to November and in the southern hemisphere from March to May.

Part of the story: "During the autumn of that year, with the blackened remains of the apartment building the jet crashed into still closed off from the rest of the world by yellow police tape"

Sentences: 

1. The last year it rained in early autumn, this year will be different.

2. Marco prefers summer to autumn.

3. He fell in love with his girlfriend in the autumn season.

4. The leaves on the ground in heaps is due to the autumn season.

8. Compendium

Part of speech: Noun

Pronunciation: (US) kəmˈpendēəm

Meaning: a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication.

Part of the story: "Gert doesn’t say in her three-page compendium of breaking news, but Annie is quite sure Jason fell from the roof of what used to be their cottage. In fact, she is positive."

Sentences:

1. Encyclopedias are a compendium of wisdom.

2. My cousin has a compendium of Ariana Godoy's books.

3. The teacher shared with us a compendium of organic chemistry 2.

4. The book "after" is a compendium of toxicity.

9. Dials

Part of speech: Verb

Pronunciation: (US) ˈdaɪ.əl

Meaning: to operate a phone or make a phone call to someone by choosing a particular series of numbers on the phone.

Part of the story: "Annie dials it anyway, hoping against hope that somewhere outside the big room that looks like a Grand Central Station movie-set he found a place to re-charge his phone"

Sentences: 

1. Alexandra is selecting the number from the list to dials right now.

2. I am going to dials mom's phone number, I hope she answers.

3. The secretary at the dental clinic dials the doctor's number right now.

4. I am going to dials my grandfather's number so he can come home.

10. Bargain

Part of speech: Noun

Pronunciation: (US) ˈbärɡən

Meaning: something on sale at a lower price than its true value.

Part of the story: "Then the ringing stops and a recorded voice offers to sell her the New York Times at special bargain rates that will not be repeated"

Sentences:

1. My mom got a lot of stuff at last Sunday's bargain.

2. My dad is going to bargain for the house that is for sale.

3. My uncle taught me to bargain very good.

4. The man from the supermarket is selling his house and it's a bargain.