First Day Jitters

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First Day Jitters

• By Julie Danneberg

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downstairs

• The compound word downstairs means down the
  stairs.

• The girl walked downstairs to get the mail.

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nervous

• A person who is nervous is afraid or worried.

• I feel nervous when I ride on an airplane.

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chuckled

• You may have chuckled, or laughed quietly when
  you saw something funny.

• I chuckled when I heard the joke.

• How is chuckled different from laughed out loud?

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nonsense

• Nonsense is a silly or untrue idea or thought.

• I was afraid to go to the library. My friend said
  my fears were nonsense.

• What is something you think is nonsense?

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fumbled

• If something is fumbled, it is done in a clumsy
  way.

• He was tired and fumbled into his pajamas.

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trudged

• Trudged describes a way of walking slowly or
  dragging ones feet.

• The tired student trudged up the hill to his
  house.