Sunday, March 6, 2022

Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler

 

Stenographer



Pronunciation: steh·naa·gruh·fr
Function in the sentence: It is a countable noun
Meaning: A stenographer is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
Original sentence: "Miss Kane," he said to his stenographer, "take this letter."( Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler).


Sentences: 

  1. The stenographer has been writing all day.
  2. The stenographer has all the documentation from yesterday.



Thoughtfully



Pronunciation: thaat·fuh·lee
Function in the sentence: It is an adjective
Meaning:  If you are thoughtful, you are quiet and serious because you are thinking about something.
Original sentence: "Give prisint condition," he repeated thoughtfully" 
( Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler).

Sentences:

  1. I haven't stopped having these thoughtfully about you. I think you're cheating on me.
  2. You are very thoughtful, are you okay?




Crowded


Pronunciation: krau·duhd
Function in the sentence: It is an adjective
Meaning: If a place is crowded, it is full of people.
Original sentence: "Flannery was crowded into a few feet at the extreme front of the office." ( Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler).

Sentences:
  1. Are you sure you want to go to the Bad Bunny concert? you remember it will be crowded.
  2. I don't like going to the park because it's always crowded



Feverish



Pronunciation: fee·vr·uhsh
Function in the sentence: It is an adjective
Meaning: Feverish activity is done extremely quickly, often in a state of nervousness or excitement because you want to finish it as soon as possible.
 Original sentence:  "He ran out again and made feverish inquiries in the village." 
( Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler).

Sentences:

  1. I don't know if I can, all this stress has me very feverish
  2. He is very worried about his mom, that's why he's feverish, can you get him a tranquilizer?



Wagonload



Pronunciation: wa·guhn·lowd
Function in the sentence: It is a noun.
Meaning: the load that is or can be carried by a wagon
Original sentence: "Wan wagonload more an, I'll be quit of thim, an' niver will ye catch Flannery wid no more foreign pigs on his hands." 
( Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler).

Sentences:

  1. the farmers send all the food from the town a wagonload.
  2. we have taken the cows for a wagonload









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