Doing Time Online: Tuesday, October 5–Tuesday, October 12

by Jan Siebold
When Mitchell is caught playing a mean-spirited prank on an elderly neighbor, his punishment is to chat online with a resident of a nursing home.

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  1. chatterbox
    an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
    The girls were little chatterboxes.
  2. annoyed
    aroused to impatience or anger
    He was almost to our driveway when I heard his mother call him in for supper. Trotter looked annoyed.
  3. crouch
    sit on one's heels
    I crouched down, trying to see through the tangled mass of leaves and branches.
  4. afford
    have the financial means to do something or buy something
    Trotter’s mom could never afford to buy a bike like this.
  5. pace
    walk with slow or fast steps
    I paced back and forth in the kitchen trying to decide what to do next.
  6. snarl
    utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
    “Quit playing games,” Trotter snarled.
  7. growl
    utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
    “I want my bike,” he growled.
  8. deny
    declare untrue; contradict
    I guess I can always deny it if you decide to rat me out.
  9. bother
    cause inconvenience or discomfort to
    If I don’t get my bike, it won’t bother me one bit to see you go down for this all by yourself.
  10. episode
    a happening that is distinctive in a series of events
    And with that little episode in your background, the police won’t have any trouble believing that you’re involved in stealing bikes.
  11. spindle
    rotating shaft serving as an axis for larger rotating parts
    There was just enough moonlight for us to be able to see the tape winding around and around on its spindle.
  12. scramble
    move hurriedly
    “I want you to take the bike back to where you got it,” I replied, scrambling to my feet.
  13. feature
    a prominent attribute or aspect of something
    What he didn’t know was that it didn’t even have a record feature.
  14. mend
    heal or recover
    I talked to the doctor, and it's not mending all that well.
  15. apparently
    seemingly; as far as one can tell
    My house is for sale, and apparently someone is already interested in it.
  16. flutter
    beat rapidly
    My heart flutters and my eyes are getting bad, not to mention my bum hip.
  17. proper
    appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion
    My house needs someone who can take proper care of it.
  18. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
    It was something that Nurse Nag-a-lot said that finally convinced me to try it.
  19. blame
    harass with constant criticism
    She said that she didn't blame me for not wanting to chat with some rotten little loser.
  20. stubborn
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
    I guess I was being pretty stubborn about wanting to go home.
  21. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
    Apparently her attitude has improved a lot since you two started communicating.
  22. scowl
    frown with displeasure
    Trotter scowled and began to rake.
  23. scheme
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
    I had told Dad about Trotter’s schemes to get out of doing chores.
  24. preserve
    prevent from rotting
    We learned how to preserve them in art class.
  25. release
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
    He has to fill out some forms releasing me from the program.
Created on Mon Mar 30 20:53:30 EDT 2015 (updated Wed Sep 05 16:53:35 EDT 2018)

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